On 2025-07-01, Titus Newswanger wrote:
> I've had that problem once or twice where a newly created password would
> not work. I've always suspected typos or undefined caps-lock state.
I've had the problem. I have a en_US.UTF-8 locale and a French keyboard.
Once, moons ago, when doing an alt-F1
linux-3.6.1-08339.run
sudo ./pia-linux-3.6.1-08339.run
Thank you for the clarification.
However, your instructions still leave out one critical piece that I
suspect Moe may be overlooking:
* "su" uses the ROOT password.
* "sudo" uses YOUR password.
Thank
do ./pia-linux-3.6.1-08339.run
However, your instructions still leave out one critical piece that I
suspect Moe may be overlooking:
* "su" uses the ROOT password.
* "sudo" uses YOUR password.
If she's trying to use the root password for sudo, that won't work
accepted.
So today I tried it again with just su and got the same results.
I am at a complete loss. If I can't get into the sudo file I cannot
install anything in root. I really need your knowledge. I always
double and sometimes triple check everything I do. Passwords are
written down and d
On 6/30/25 21:55, Titus Newswanger wrote:
The time I accidentally locked myself out of sudo, I mounted the
locked hdd on another linux pc and edited the shadow file, copying the
hash for sudo with the known password to the drive with the unknown
password. I would not recommend trying that unl
nd edited the shadow file, copying the hash for
sudo with the known password to the drive with the unknown password. I
would not recommend trying that unless you are confident about editing
operating system configuration files.
So today I tried it again with just su and got the same results.
I a
went to the terminal I first followed the directions which stated
sudo. I put in my new password and with no way to check it I hit
enter. Three times I did this and was very careful to put it in
correctly. It would not take it and kept saying not accepted.
So today I tried it again with just su
do use an old kernel.
>>
>> Can LINUX update a kernel?
>>
>> Regards
>> Sophie
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Von:* chris
>> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2024 19:35
>> *An:* Schwibinger Michael
>> *Betr
> *Von:* chris
> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2024 19:35
> *An:* Schwibinger Michael
> *Betreff:* Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work
>
> Very helpful ty
>
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2024, 1:57 PM Schwibinger Michael wrote:
>
> Good afternoon.
>
&g
e anybody any actual *details*
All best, as ever,
Andy
> Regards
> Sophie
>
>
>
> Von: chris
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2024 19:35
> An: Schwibinger Michael
> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work
>
> Very he
Yes.
I found out
I do use an old kernel.
Can LINUX update a kernel?
Regards
Sophie
Von: chris
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2024 19:35
An: Schwibinger Michael
Betreff: Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work
Very helpful ty
On Wed, Feb 7, 2024, 1:57 PM
M.A. Cater
> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 31. Januar 2024 20:36
> *An:* debian-user@lists.debian.org ;
> Schwibinger Michael
> *Betreff:* Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:58:41PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> > Good afternoon
> > I thin
. Januar 2024 18:44
> *An:* debian-user@lists.debian.org
> *Betreff:* Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work
>
>
> Am Freitag, 26. Januar 2024, 17:23:07 CET schrieben Sie:
>
> Yes, if you want to install soemthing for example by using the apt
> command, best way is becoming root
gt; Gesendet: Mittwoch, 31. Januar 2024 20:36
> An: debian-user@lists.debian.org ; Schwibinger
> Michael
> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:58:41PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> > Good afternoon
> > I think
> > maybe
Good afternoon
I did send the bugreport.
Thank You.
Did anybody use the rescue mode?
Regards Sophie
Von: Andrew M.A. Cater
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 31. Januar 2024 20:36
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org ; Schwibinger
Michael
Betreff: Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo
: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work
Hi Hans,
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 10:23:09AM +0100, Hans wrote:
> I see this exactly as you and are watching this list for may years.
I'm not sure who you're replying to as you've removed those details,
though I may guess from your In-Reply-To he
Good afternoon.
The bug report
sudo ...
You are not in the sudoers file.
Regards
Sophie
Von: Hans
Gesendet: Freitag, 26. Januar 2024 18:44
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont work
Am Freitag, 26. Januar 2024, 17:23:07 CET
On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 7:17 PM Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon
>
> Before there was panic
>
> su
> su -
> sudo
> did work.
>
> Somebody does have experience with
> rescue mode?
>
If you are in Single User Mode you are already root and do not nee
Good afternoon
Before there was panic
su
su -
sudo
did work.
Somebody does have experience with
rescue mode?
Regards
Sophie
Von: Greg Wooledge
Gesendet: Freitag, 26. Januar 2024 17:45
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: AW: AW: su su- sudo dont
think,
nobody is so stupid, that he/she can not do a su or install a package. NOT
after 2 years!!!
For me, I will get no help here for this person, just ignore it. This is my
very personal decision!
Sorry to say it, but for me personally it looks like fake! Like a morone, like
a troll.
And those
C does have only one user=admin.
>> >
>> > Regards Sophie
>> > Is it the rescue mode?
>>
>> Explain, please.
>>
>> Your Subject: header says "su su- sudo dont work". What does this MEAN?
>>
>> Please show us your attempts
On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:58:41PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon
> I think
> maybe Im sure
> it is because of rescue mode.
>
Hi Sophie,
Once again: we need to you to show us what commands you run.
We need to see error messages.
if you cannot run sudo or su,
@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: AW: su su- sudo dont work
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 03:53:10PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon
> Why do I have to open a group?
>
This is to *tell* us information about why you're having problems with su
and sudo
Running the
id
command s
Good afternoon
Thank You
There is only one password.
The problem was created until
the update to DEBIAN 11 created panic.
Before
sudo
su
su -
did work.
Regards
Sophie
Von: Gareth Evans
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Januar 2024 04:31
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
ss stream of mispastes and
misunderstandings about "sudo" and "su".
But I guess what one finds amusing can have a very wide variability…
Thanks,
Andy
--
https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
Hi,
Andy Smith wrote:
> It is hard to understand how what Michael/Sophie/Tobias does can in
> any way be "fun" for them, though maybe that is just our lack of
> understanding.
I expressed my suspicion of a "Hurz" performance in
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/05/msg00100.html
Have a
Hi Hans,
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 10:23:09AM +0100, Hans wrote:
> I see this exactly as you and are watching this list for may years.
I'm not sure who you're replying to as you've removed those details,
though I may guess from your In-Reply-To header which doesn't point
to a list message. You have
, that he/she can not do a su or install a package. NOT
after 2 years!!!
For me, I will get no help here for this person, just ignore it. This is my
very personal decision!
Sorry to say it, but for me personally it looks like fake! Like a morone, like
a troll.
And those I can not support, sorry
Am Freitag, 26. Januar 2024, 17:23:07 CET schrieben Sie:
Yes, if you want to install soemthing for example by using the apt command,
best way is
becoming root with the command "su -" and then install the rquired package.
Example:
su - then enter the password of the user root
If
On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:23:07PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> su -
> su
> or sudo.
>
> Is su -
> the best for install?
Whatever works best for *you* is best. "su -" is quite popular.
If it does what you need, and is convenient for you, then there's
your answer.
Sorry
it was my mistake
It is
su -
su
or sudo.
Sorry.
Is su -
the best for install?
Regards
Sophie
Von: Hans
Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024 18:29
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: AW: su su- sudo dont work
Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 03:53:10PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon
> Why do I have to open a group?
>
This is to *tell* us information about why you're having problems with su
and sudo
Running the
id
command should give you information like
uid=1000(amac
: su su- sudo dont work
On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 4:07 PM Schwibinger Michael
mailto:h...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Thank You
Example
I say
sudo apt-get install firefox
Reaction LINUX
This is not allowed we send a message to the admin.
This error message means that your account is not in the sudo
Good afternoon
Thank You.
I ll print it out and read it.
2 questions:
Is this the same problem with su
su -
su -p?
Is it not a problem of rescue mode,
before panic it did work.
Problem:
root terminal is not accepting copy paste.
Regards
Sophie
Von: Greg
> On 23 Jan 2024, at 18:30, Hans wrote:
>
> Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024, 13:54:25 CET schrieb Schwibinger Michael:
> For gvetting root as normal user, best is use "su -".
>
> Note: It is not "su-", but "su -", with a space between su and t
Am Dienstag, 23. Januar 2024, 13:54:25 CET schrieb Schwibinger Michael:
For gvetting root as normal user, best is use "su -".
Note: It is not "su-", but "su -", with a space between su and the minus sign.
Good luck!
Hans
> Thank You.
>
> 2 questions
Thank You.
2 questions
1
Is the best to use su-
for ding install?
2
All 4 dont work.
What do I do wrong?
Regards
Sophie
Von: Hans
Gesendet: Samstag, 20. Januar 2024 14:23
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: su su- sudo dont work
Am Samstag, 20
2024 14:34
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: su su- sudo dont work
On Sat 20 Jan 2024 at 09:14:30 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 01:26:06PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> > Good afternoon.
> > Root terminal is fine.
> > What do I do
--
> *Von:* Greg Wooledge
> *Gesendet:* Samstag, 20. Januar 2024 14:14
> *An:* debian-user@lists.debian.org
> *Betreff:* Re: su su- sudo dont work
>
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 01:26:06PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> > Good afternoon.
> > Root terminal is fine.
On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 12:57:17PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> sudo apt-get install firefox
> Reaction LINUX
> This is not allowed we send a message to the admin.
>
> I do open root terminal
> there its working.
It sounds like you are not authorized to use "sudo" on this computer.
This i
@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: su su- sudo dont work
On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 01:26:06PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon.
> Root terminal is fine.
> What do I do wrong?
> What did I destroy?
>
> PC does have only one user=admin.
>
> Regards Sophie
> Is i
On Sat, 2024-01-20 at 13:26 +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
>
> Good afternoon.
> Root terminal is fine.
> What do I do wrong?
> What did I destroy?
>
>
> PC does have only one user=admin.
>
>
> Regards Sophie
> Is it the rescue mode?
Hellow Sophie,
English is not my native language. Somet
On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 02:30:43PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon
> I destroyed DEBIAN
> now 2 years agon.
> I asked here for help
> no solution.
> So every morning
> I interrupt booting
> change to rescue mode.
>
> "Normal" booting does create panic.
>
> Regards
> Sophie
>
>
Hi,
On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 01:26:06PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon.
> Root terminal is fine.
> What do I do wrong?
> What did I destroy?
h-boy, strap yourselves in for another epic Sophie/Michael
thread. A bit like the Gene ones, though tend to be circular across
a much
_
Von: Dan Ritter
Gesendet: Samstag, 20. Januar 2024 14:09
An: Schwibinger Michael
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: su su- sudo dont work
Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon.
> Root terminal is fine.
> What do I do wrong?
> What did I destroy?
>
> PC d
one user=admin.
> >
> > Regards Sophie
> > Is it the rescue mode?
>
> Explain, please.
>
> Your Subject: header says "su su- sudo dont work". What does this MEAN?
>
> Please show us your attempts to USE each of these commands, and the
> result
Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon.
> Root terminal is fine.
> What do I do wrong?
> What did I destroy?
>
> PC does have only one user=admin.
>
> Regards Sophie
> Is it the rescue mode?
Please tell us:
exactly what rescue mode you were using
exactly what the prompt was
exactly w
Am Samstag, 20. Januar 2024, 14:26:06 CET schrieb Schwibinger Michael:
There is not "su su-", but there is
su = change to root, envirenmont of former user without changing of X
environment (hope, this is corect said)
su -= change to root, environment of user root
su -p =
On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 01:26:06PM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
> Good afternoon.
> Root terminal is fine.
> What do I do wrong?
> What did I destroy?
>
> PC does have only one user=admin.
>
> Regards Sophie
> Is it the rescue mode?
Explain, please.
Your Subjec
Good afternoon.
Root terminal is fine.
What do I do wrong?
What did I destroy?
PC does have only one user=admin.
Regards Sophie
Is it the rescue mode?
. E.g. bash does not rely on
xterm*VT100.reverseWrap: true
BTW, I don't think that the preservation of $TERM is sufficient.
Preserving $TERMINFO (when set) is important too.
I do not use TERMINFO, however if you need to preserve it than you may use
su --whitelist-environment=TERM
On 2023-09-14 21:25:56 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 14/09/2023 17:30, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Yes, XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is problematic, but as "su -" doesn't work in
> > GNU Screen (it yields major display issues), I presume that some
> > environment variables
On 14/09/2023 17:30, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
Yes, XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is problematic, but as "su -" doesn't work in
GNU Screen (it yields major display issues), I presume that some
environment variables (terminal related?) are still useful.
I just have tried it. "su -" pr
On 2023-09-06 14:36:48 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
> On 06/09/2023 10:41, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >
> > Just put "ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes" into /etc/default/su and the problem
> > is FIXED. "su" will work properly again!
>
> Greg, you provided a valid
On 2023-09-05, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> How *incredibly* Red Hat. Really, it just sickens me that this is the
> answer accepted by so many people.
It's not Red Hat, it's man page and own practice, even before Red Hat
exists :)
> To perform that installation, you run "su&
On 06/09/2023 10:41, Greg Wooledge wrote:
Just put "ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes" into /etc/default/su and the problem
is FIXED. "su" will work properly again!
Greg, you provided a valid example when "su -" is undesirable, however
in general "su -" is safer
On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 23:41:45 -0400
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> To perform that installation, you run "su", which gives you a root
> shell, and then you do something like "make install".
>
> But the Red Hat answer says you should use "su -" instead, to become
On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 05:09:29AM +0200, Michel Verdier wrote:
> On 2023-09-05, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> > You used "su" to become root, I believe. Unfortunately, beginning
> > with Debian 9, "su" with no arguments and no configuration doesn't
> >
Thank You.
Von: David Wright
Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Juli 2022 01:42
An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: Topic su- sudo su
On Sun 24 Jul 2022 at 12:12:47 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 10:06:07AM +, Schwibinger Mich
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 08:42:35PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
[...]
> … as you might remember writing in:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2022/05/msg00693.html
I wish I had a memory half as good as yours :)
cheers
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#x27;t quite understand what you are trying to say,
The post seems to be a long-delayed response to:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2022/06/msg00423.html
> but in any
> case...
>
> > open terminal
> > su-
> ^^^ ...there is a space missing here.
>
> If you want
Sorry
su .
not su-
Thank You
Regards
Sophie
Von: to...@tuxteam.de
Gesendet: Sonntag, 24. Juli 2022 10:12
Bis: Schwibinger Michael
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: Topic su- sudo su
On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 10:06:07AM +, Schwibinger
Hello
Thank You for help.
Sorry for forgotten topic.
So
install is
open terminal
su-
Password
and so on.
Regards
Sophie
Von: to...@tuxteam.de
Gesendet: Sonntag, 01. Mai 2022 11:24
Bis: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Betreff: Re: Firmaware II
On Sun, May 01
On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 10:06:07AM +, Schwibinger Michael wrote:
>
> Hello
> Thank You for help.
> Sorry for forgotten topic.
>
> So
> install is
I don't quite understand what you are trying to say, but in any
case...
> open terminal
> su-
^^^ ...there
nabled root user then
su -
will give you root privileges and you will need to supply the root user
password.
Some people advise on one or the other: sudo can be limited so that
specific commands can be limited to one user, for example.
apt / apt-get and other package installation programs need
On 5/22/22, Charles Kroeger wrote:
>> There is no silver bullet that makes your system secure.
>
> I get a login shell with $su --login
>
> I don't have sudo installed
>
> is there something heretical about that, I should know?
If this is for your personal machine,
On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 03:32:22PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2022-05-22 at 14:53, Charles Kroeger wrote:
>
> >> There is no silver bullet that makes your system secure.
> >
> > I get a login shell with $su --login
> >
> > I don't have sudo ins
On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 09:37:43PM +0200, basti wrote:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=918754#41
>
> or use su -l
For the record, that URL says:
This is a new behavior because the util-linux implementation of su is
used now. See also /usr/share/doc/u
Am 20.05.22 um 02:24 schrieb Kenneth Parker:
On Thu, May 19, 2022, 4:14 AM 황병희 <mailto:soyeo...@doraji.xyz>> wrote:
Tom Browder mailto:tom.brow...@gmail.com>>
writes:
> I need a special path setting for root after both "sudo" and "sudo
On 2022-05-22 at 14:53, Charles Kroeger wrote:
>> There is no silver bullet that makes your system secure.
>
> I get a login shell with $su --login
>
> I don't have sudo installed
>
> is there something heretical about that, I should know?
Not heretical, but -
> There is no silver bullet that makes your system secure.
I get a login shell with $su --login
I don't have sudo installed
is there something heretical about that, I should know?
On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 11:04 Greg Wooledge wrote:
...
> So... we literally can't tell what you did.
I think that character munging is because of the unwanted, unedititible
html mail from my ipad gmail client.
Still wondering why you can't just use the other solutions you've been
> given. If
On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 10:40 Greg Wooledge wrote:
...
> So, I've already given you the solution that *I* would use, which is:
>
> ln -s /opt/raku/bin/raku /usr/local/bin/raku
That works fine, but another part of the work flow for nstallation is the
need to access another Raku program which mus
On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 10:48:44AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> Yes, I actually used that syntax but failed to put it in the message—same
> result:
>
> sudo —preserve-env=PATH raku -v
> sudo: raku: command not found
You might have misspelled --preserve. It's hard to tell, because
what y
On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 09:02 wrote:
…
Socratic -- I fear you over-estimate me badly :-)
You are too modest!
Note that the key --preserve-env takes an arg. That would be
>
> --preserve-env=PATH
>
> to pass on the PATH environment variable. The arg is a comma separated
> list of environment v
[reinserted the copy to list: others tend to have better
ideas than me]
On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 06:15:57AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 11:28 wrote:
> ...
>
> > I'm sure the OP is now able to locate that "security policy" config
> > and change it to taste. "--preserve-env=
On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 06:04:07PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
> Greg Wooledge writes:
>
> > On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 10:04:01AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> > > I am getting nowhere fast.
> >
> > OK, let's start at the beginning.
> >
> > You have raku installed in some directory that is not in a regu
are the same PATH. I tend to interactively
become root and hence ensure that the scripts are run all of the time. This
has mostly survived the mentioned change in `su` behaviour and observable
variations between `sudo -s` and `su` behaviours are kept at a minimum.
HTH and YMMV
Linux-Fan
öö
p
elling you that symlinks
will corrupt your precious bodily fluids. Who knows.
So, you would like to perform a privilege elevation command and keep
your regular account's PATH variable.
Well, guess what? As it turns out, the incredibly stupid behavior of
buster's "su" command d
On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 09:02 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 03:19:09PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > Less typing, more general. Nobody's trying to dissuade you of doing
> > "sudo bash" or "sudo su" or...
>
I am getting nowhere fas
On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 03:19:09PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> Less typing, more general. Nobody's trying to dissuade you of doing
> "sudo bash" or "sudo su" or...
I'm definitely trying to dissuade people from doing the latter. It's
one of those h
On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 11:12:01AM +, Lee wrote:
> On 5/19/22, Tom Browder wrote:
> > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 03:54 Kamil Jońca wrote:
> >
> >> It is quite misterious for me.
> >> What is the purpose of "sudo su" instead of plain "sudo" o
oot
> > > Password. Ubuntu doesn't, so one of my early actions after the Install
> > > is
> > > to enter "sudo su -" and, on the resulting Root Shell, type "passwd root".
> >
> > Depends on whta you mean by "Ubuntu". It
r the Install is
> > to enter "sudo su -" and, on the resulting Root Shell, type "passwd root".
>
> Depends on whta you mean by "Ubuntu". Its mini.iso offers settong a root
> password. I wonder whether the regular ISO can be preseeded?
>
Don't th
On 5/19/22, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 03:54 Kamil Jońca wrote:
>
>> It is quite misterious for me.
>> What is the purpose of "sudo su" instead of plain "sudo" or "sudo -i"
< .. snip ..>
>
> I have for years now not u
On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 09:36:40PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> I wasn't even thinking of it in those terms, although now that you point
> it out that's a good thing to be aware of. I was thinking of it in terms
> of A: trying to write scripts that are safe against such problematic
> elements being
>> > $
>>
>> A quick test demonstrates that this can be worked around via the 'unset'
>> command:
>
> Until you define a function named unset.
Well, yes - that was the point of the paragraphs after the demonstration.
> But the real point here is t
via the 'unset'
> command:
Until you define a function named unset.
But the real point here is that you should only use sudo or su (or doas
or any other program that reads your password) from a trusted environment.
What you definitely should NOT do is get called by a coworker, go over t
On 2022-05-20 at 20:28, David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 19 May 2022 at 15:42:33 (-0500), Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 19, 2022, 3:14 AM 황병희 wrote:
>> > Tom Browder writes:
>> >
>> > > I need a special path setting for root after both "s
On Fri, May 20, 2022, 7:28 PM David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 19 May 2022 at 15:42:33 (-0500), Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> > On Thu, May 19, 2022, 3:14 AM 황병희 wrote:
> > > Tom Browder writes:
> > >
> > > > I need a special path setting for root
On Thu 19 May 2022 at 15:42:33 (-0500), Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2022, 3:14 AM 황병희 wrote:
> > Tom Browder writes:
> >
> > > I need a special path setting for root after both "sudo" and "sudo
> > > su." (...)
> >
> &
On Thu 19 May 2022 at 20:24:50 -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote:
[...]
> Note, Debian (at least in the Expert Installation Mode) lets me set a Root
> Password. Ubuntu doesn't, so one of my early actions after the Install is
> to enter "sudo su -" and, on the resulting Root
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 8:25 PM Kenneth Parker wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2022, 4:14 AM 황병희 wrote:
>
>> Tom Browder writes:
>>
>> > I need a special path setting for root after both "sudo" and "sudo
>> > su." (...)
>>
>&g
On Thu, May 19, 2022, 4:14 AM 황병희 wrote:
> Tom Browder writes:
>
> > I need a special path setting for root after both "sudo" and "sudo
> > su." (...)
>
> Just you try like as "sudo su -". Sometimes i use it that way.
>
> Sincerely, Li
On Thu, May 19, 2022, 3:14 AM 황병희 wrote:
> Tom Browder writes:
>
> > I need a special path setting for root after both "sudo" and "sudo
> > su." (...)
>
> Just you try like as "sudo su -". Sometimes i use it that way.
>
When I need to
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 06:31 Greg Wooledge wrote:
...
>
> > > I feel like you're doing "sudo su" out of some bad habit that you've
> > > developed. You'd be doing yourself a favor if you retrain yourself
> > > to use "sudo -s"
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 06:22:07AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 06:03 Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 05:47:29AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> > > $ sudo su
> > > # ./myprog install
> >
> > Again, th
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 06:03 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 05:47:29AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> > $ sudo su
> > # ./myprog install
>
> Again, there's no reason to use both "sudo" AND "su". Just "sudo -s"
>
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 05:47:29AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> $ sudo su
> # ./myprog install
Again, there's no reason to use both "sudo" AND "su". Just "sudo -s"
would give you the interactive root shell, without changing directory.
I feel li
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 03:54 Kamil Jońca wrote:
> Tom Browder writes:
>
> > I need a special path setting for root after both "sudo" and "sudo su."
> How can I set that up correctly?
>
> It is quite misterious for me.
> What is the purpose of "s
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