Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 2024-12-07 05.32, George N. White III wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:44 PM George N. White III wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:06 AM Robin Laing wrote: Just about all the sites have pointed to running scrub under a cron script on a regular basis to help minimize issues and ensure integ

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 2024-12-06 11.44, George N. White III wrote: On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:06 AM Robin Laing > wrote: Just about all the sites have pointed to running scrub under a cron script on a regular basis to help minimize issues and ensure integrity of the drive. 

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:44 PM George N. White III wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:06 AM Robin Laing wrote: >> >> >> Just about all the sites have pointed to running scrub under a cron >> script on a regular basis to help minimize issues and ensure integrity >> of the drive. I don't know wha

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On Fri, 2024-12-06 at 14:44 -0400, George N. White III wrote: > AI-fueled clickbait sites often dominate search results and multiply > the same AI halucinations I only see this getting worse. In the past, anything you searched for you always had to think about what you read, and could look for c

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:06 AM Robin Laing wrote: > > Just about all the sites have pointed to running scrub under a cron > script on a regular basis to help minimize issues and ensure integrity > of the drive. I don't know what it does, just what I have read. > AI-fueled clickbait sites often

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On Thu, 2024-12-05 at 23:05 -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > Each person has their own usage and needs.  As I said, I will give BTRFS > a closer look in the near future.  Working with volumes is a new domain > for me to learn.  I have worked with ext file system for over a decade. > I know it isn't p

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 2024-12-05 18.42, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 12/5/24 5:14 PM, Robin Laing wrote: I have looked at the tools and see that if you set a cron job for "scrub" that will minimize issues.  Everything I read, "scrub" should be run at least monthly if not weekly or more often.  Also issues with how free

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 12/5/24 5:14 PM, Robin Laing wrote: I have looked at the tools and see that if you set a cron job for "scrub" that will minimize issues.  Everything I read, "scrub" should be run at least monthly if not weekly or more often.  Also issues with how free disk space is reported, even yesterday I

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 2024-12-04 03.15, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 12/3/24 7:01 PM, Robin Laing wrote: On 2024-12-03 00.23, Samuel Sieb wrote: Use btrfs next time (it's the default now). I had so many issues with btrfs in the past that I am going to wait until I read that the tools are as good as ext4.  After mult

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 12/3/24 7:01 PM, Robin Laing wrote: On 2024-12-03 00.23, Samuel Sieb wrote: Use btrfs next time (it's the default now). I had so many issues with btrfs in the past that I am going to wait until I read that the tools are as good as ext4.  After multiple re- installs due to corrupted file

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 2024-12-03 00.18, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 12/1/24 9:08 PM, Robin Laing wrote: Hello, On upgrade to Fedora 41, I got stuck due to lack of space on "/" partition.  I had an unused partition that was more than double the size of the present root partition. I rsyncd the data across

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 2024-12-03 00.23, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 12/2/24 9:50 PM, Robin Laing wrote: Finally reverted everything back to the original setting and decided to just move the var directory to its own partition.  Wasn't easy either. Issues with moving var due to Selinux. You just need to tell it to rel

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 12/2/24 9:50 PM, Robin Laing wrote: Finally reverted everything back to the original setting and decided to just move the var directory to its own partition.  Wasn't easy either. Issues with moving var due to Selinux. You just need to tell it to relabel at boot. "fixfiles onboot" From w

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 12/1/24 9:08 PM, Robin Laing wrote: Hello, On upgrade to Fedora 41, I got stuck due to lack of space on "/" partition.  I had an unused partition that was more than double the size of the present root partition. I rsyncd the data across to the new partition sudo rsyn

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

On 2024-12-01 23.34, Felix Miata wrote: Robin Laing composed on 2024-12-01 22:08 (UTC-0700): On upgrade to Fedora 41, I got stuck due to lack of space on "/" partition. I had an unused partition that was more than double the size of the present root partition. I rsyncd the data

Re: How to change root "/" partition?

Robin Laing composed on 2024-12-01 22:08 (UTC-0700): > On upgrade to Fedora 41, I got stuck due to lack of space on "/" > partition. I had an unused partition that was more than double the size > of the present root partition. > I rsyncd the data across to the new partit

How to change root "/" partition?

Hello, On upgrade to Fedora 41, I got stuck due to lack of space on "/" partition. I had an unused partition that was more than double the size of the present root partition. I rsyncd the data across to the new partition sudo rsync -avPAHXx --numeric-ids --exclude="lost+f

Re: waydroid deposits dirs/files in ~/.local/share/waydroid/data owned by root

I filed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2324194 and was told "It's not great but it is expected, yes. You will break Waydroid if you try to change those permissions." So for now it will be necessary to rsync my ho

Re: waydroid deposits dirs/files in ~/.local/share/waydroid/data owned by root

BTW, the dirs/files have various user IDs as well. There are even several dirs that aren't owned by either my user or root, but simply show a number for both the user and user ID. So it may not be a simple matter to fix this. -- ___ users mailing

waydroid deposits dirs/files in ~/.local/share/waydroid/data owned by root

Just started using waydroid, and when backing up my home dir with rsync noticed that waydroid deposits things in the above mentioned dir that are owned by root. There are no waydroid bugs filed. I couldn't find anything by searching that was clear as to whether I can just change the own

Re: graphical user login fails but root works

On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 3:26 PM Robert McBroom via users wrote: > > The display manager shows the standard user but entering the password > just recycles back to the display manager. Switching to root logs in. A > terminal boot lets the user log in but the graphical session fails to

graphical user login fails but root works

The display manager shows the standard user but entering the password just recycles back to the display manager. Switching to root logs in. A terminal boot lets the user log in but the graphical session fails to connect to the display. Creating an new user can log in from the display manager

Re: BTRFS disk arrangement on new build. Cockpit says home var and root not mounted

nstalling > cockpit, and checking Storage, i noticed some warnings about the disks. It > claims that /root, /home and /var are not mounted. I think they are. I just > wonder if I am doing something wrong or weird here and I'd appreciate a > second look. > > Here is my fdisk > ro

BTRFS disk arrangement on new build. Cockpit says home var and root not mounted

Hi. I just finished a new build to replace my current build. After installing cockpit, and checking Storage, i noticed some warnings about the disks. It claims that /root, /home and /var are not mounted. I think they are. I just wonder if I am doing something wrong or weird here and I&#

Re: Installed Rawhide with btrfs; dnf system update to v40 has errors ; re-install from Live USB without affecting a non-root subvolume?

you just stick with the version you have, and adapt it for your usecase. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_partitioning_custom_btrfs_preserve_home It sounds like you would just create a new root mountpoint, thus a new root subvolume, and not create a /home mountpoint. You can optionall

Re: Installed Rawhide with btrfs; dnf system update to v40 has errors ; re-install from Live USB without affecting a non-root subvolume?

George, On 2024-06-04 09:37, George N. White III wrote: On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM Philip Rhoades via users wrote: People, A while ago I was in a hurry to start using F40 (Sway) and installed Rawhide from a live usb to get started. Everything went pretty well and I had minimal problem

Re: Installed Rawhide with btrfs; dnf system update to v40 has errors ; re-install from Live USB without affecting a non-root subvolume?

On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM Philip Rhoades via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > People, > > A while ago I was in a hurry to start using F40 (Sway) and installed > Rawhide from a live usb to get started. > > Everything went pretty well and I had minimal problems up until after > f

Installed Rawhide with btrfs; dnf system update to v40 has errors ; re-install from Live USB without affecting a non-root subvolume?

People, A while ago I was in a hurry to start using F40 (Sway) and installed Rawhide from a live usb to get started. Everything went pretty well and I had minimal problems up until after f40 was release. However now, when I tried to do a: dnf system upgrade download --releasever=40 I ge

Re: Fedora 38 wayland login user NO, root Yes SOLVED

> Well, "we have met the enemy and he is us". > > I very regularly use rsync to backup my home directory to a different machine. > So, after installing from KDE Live, logging in from a remote machine, > I restored my home directory with the saved backup. ... and user/group rights and ownership ha

Re: Fedora 38 wayland login user NO, root Yes SOLVED

empty ) I then "dnf update" This is my first attempt at using Wayland ... always been an X.org guy. Installed xterm, started xterm, system crashed. Now, I get the login GUI screen, but I can not login as a user; the screen goes blank and then returns to the login screen. But, I can logi

Re: Fedora 38 wayland login user NO, root Yes

hed. > > Now, I get the login GUI screen, but I can not login > as a user; the screen goes blank and then returns to the > login screen. > But, I can login as 'root' (Super User). > Also, I can ssh in as the user and from root login in a terminal > I can su to t

Fedora 38 wayland login user NO, root Yes

ate" This is my first attempt at using Wayland ... always been an X.org guy. Installed xterm, started xterm, system crashed. Now, I get the login GUI screen, but I can not login as a user; the screen goes blank and then returns to the login screen. But, I can login as 'root' (Super Us

Re: dbind-Warning message that appears to be accessing file in /root??

On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 01:34:54 +1000 "Michael D. Setzer II via users" wrote: > Filed a bugzilla under dbus since dbind didn't show up on list of > options? Makes sense. I can't even find any reference to that program. Maybe it is a function call of the dbus API? > > Of course, at-spi is kind

Re: dbind-Warning message that appears to be accessing file in /root??

On 25 Aug 2023 at 8:02, stan via users wrote: Date sent: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 08:02:30 -0700 To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject:Re: dbind-Warning message that appears to be accessing file in /root?? Organization: zohofree Send

Re: dbind-Warning message that appears to be accessing file in /root??

On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 22:02:12 +1000 "Michael D. Setzer II via users" wrote: > Seeing this from time to time running various commands from > terminal window a non-root user? > Accessing a file in /root users directory? > File is empty?? > srwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Aug 24

dbind-Warning message that appears to be accessing file in /root??

Seeing this from time to time running various commands from terminal window a non-root user? Accessing a file in /root users directory? File is empty?? srwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 0 Aug 24 20:41 /root/.cache/at-spi/bus_0.0 dbind-WARNING **: 21:52:09.319: Couldn't connect to accessibilit

Re: logging in as root

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 09:12:18PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote: > OK we are talking about GCP Cloud Base right? Because I am. Sorry, I'm completely unfamiliar with GCP so I can only see what the documentation says. I've used cloud-init on generic Fedora cloud images on other hosting platforms, b

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/2023 8:22 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. ID

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/2023 8:22 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. ID

Re: logging in as root

On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham wrote: > > I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system > and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants > me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS t

Re: logging in as root

Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? You said in a later email

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/2023 6:33 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote: On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/2023 6:33 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote: On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me

Re: logging in as root

d the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal passwo

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/23 14:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the passwo

Re: logging in as root

On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:     I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? You

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/2023 4:12 AM, Dorian ROSSE wrote: Hello, For use the line of command by administrator by keeping the user log in without be log in as root so you need type ' sudo ' in front the line of command where you would be log in as the user without be log in as root thus an exa

Re: logging in as root

On 6/21/2023 4:12 AM, Dorian ROSSE wrote: Hello, For use the line of command by administrator by keeping the user log in without be log in as root so you need type ' sudo ' in front the line of command where you would be log in as the user without be log in as root thus an exa

Re: logging in as root

Hello, For use the line of command by administrator by keeping the user log in without be log in as root so you need type ' sudo ' in front the line of command where you would be log in as the user without be log in as root thus an example below finally i hope your success, rega

Re: logging in as root

On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:45:35PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote: > I never set a personal password I just uploaded the tarball and converted it > to an image and ran it in a VM. It's the GCP tarball. You need to initialize the image with something like 'cloud-init'. You could also use 'virt-instal

Re: logging in as root

On 6/20/2023 8:46 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Mike Wright said: You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password. There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended). You can "sudo -s" (similar to plain "su", stays in current directory, doesn't act like

Re: logging in as root

On 6/20/23 17:46, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Mike Wright said: You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password. There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended). In my case su is easier to type than -s. I don't have to take my fingers off the home r

Re: logging in as root

Once upon a time, Mike Wright said: > You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password. There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended). You can "sudo -s" (similar to plain "su", stays in current directory, doesn't act like a login shell) or "sudo -i" (similar to "su

Re: logging in as root

On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:     I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? You w

logging in as root

    I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? B ___

Re: F38 Fresh install from Live ISO - setting root password

On 4/25/23 15:55, Max Pyziur wrote: Per the subject line, where does the root password get set on an F38 fresh install. "sudo passwd" after you login to the installed system. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubs

F38 Fresh install from Live ISO - setting root password

Greetings, Per the subject line, where does the root password get set on an F38 fresh install. Thank you. Max p...@brama.com ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Cockpit as root

If it is still relevant - There is a file /etc/cockpit/disallowed-users which in my case has one entry: root. Try to comment it out if you need root access. Not discussing here security implications of this change. Leon ___ users mailing list

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

Hi On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 23:02:20 -0600 Joe Zeff wrote: > Years ago I created a little script to play an .mp3 as a wake-up alarm, but > there was a little problem. I have my box set to turn itself back on after > a power drop if it was on before, but if it happens late at night, I won't > be logg

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

Even if OP aka root can be convinced of the evil(1) of his ways, he will likely want to know why something that used to work suddenly quit. My guess is that the answer lies with whatever was "updated" recently, but I have no special sound expertise. (1) clearly evil, not just error

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

> I hate the sudo command.  I never use it. >> >> Try running your script with su instead: >>  su root -c "script" > > You might want to explain your reasoning here. These two things are not > equivalent, and saying you

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On Wed, 2023-03-22 at 07:47 -0400, Go Canes wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:33 AM Eyal Lebedinsky > wrote: > > [...] > > Doing this works: > >     $ su > >     # su eyal -c "ogg123 ... > > but doing this does not: > >     $ sudo -i > >     # su eyal -c "ogg123 ... > > nor does

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

> > >> Try running your script with su instead: > >> su root -c "script" > > > > You might want to explain your reasoning here. These two things are not > > equivalent, and saying you "hate the sudo command" is not helpful. > &g

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

ur script with su instead: > > >   su root -c "script" > > > > You might want to explain your reasoning here. These two things are > > not > > equivalent, and saying you "hate the sudo command" is not helpful. > > > > poc >

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:33 AM Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > [...] > Doing this works: > $ su > # su eyal -c "ogg123 ... > but doing this does not: > $ sudo -i > # su eyal -c "ogg123 ... > nor does this: > $ sudo -i > # sudo -u eyal "ogg123 ... > > So '

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 3/22/23 04:21, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2023-03-21 at 22:14 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: I hate the sudo command.  I never use it. Try running your script with su instead:      su root -c "script" You might want to explain your reasoning here. These two

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

> On 21 Mar 2023, at 22:57, Barry wrote: > >> Tried it and this does not work for me. Does it work for you? > > Being the users is sufficient. You have to be in the user session that has > the sound system daemons runn8ng. Opp I meant to say: Being the users is NOT always sufficient. > > O

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On Tue, 2023-03-21 at 22:14 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > I hate the sudo command.  I never use it. > > Try running your script with su instead: > su root -c "script" You might want to explain your reasoning here. These two things are not equivalent, and say

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 3/21/23 23:03, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/21/2023 11:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Try running your script with su instead: su root -c "script" You only need the quotation marks if what you're sending to su has spaces in it.  HTH, HAND. Or the script has paramete

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 03/21/2023 11:14 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Try running your script with su instead:     su root -c "script" You only need the quotation marks if what you're sending to su has spaces in it. HTH, HAND. ___ users mailin

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

-date. $ uname -a Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound  paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg and it always worked. Then a few days ago

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound  paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg and it always worked. Then a few days ago it stopped and I now get an error. Something

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound  paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg and it always worked. Then a few days ago it stopped and I now get an error. Something changed. $ sudo paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

>>>> $ uname -a >>>> Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri >>>> Mar 3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>>> >>>> I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound  paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg and it always worked. Then a few days ago it stopped and I now get an error. Something changed. $ sudo paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg Connection failure: Connection refused

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 3/20/23 21:13, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: On 20/03/2023 17.22, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: Fedora 36 up-to-date. $ uname -a Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

Thanks Joe, On 21/03/2023 16.02, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/20/2023 10:13 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: My current solution is to run the affected script as my non-root user and in it run some parts with sudo (set up to run without a sudo password to avoid script interruption). Although I don&#

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 03/20/2023 10:13 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: My current solution is to run the affected script as my non-root user and in it run some parts with sudo (set up to run without a sudo password to avoid script interruption). Although I don't approve of habitually running as root, I h

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

hen I tested going through > > root. It should point to /run/user/ which is most likely > > /run/user/1000 unless you aren't the first user. > > Yet, it is present and set up. I expect that it is lost by sudo... yes it is. > I set it up manually and got a similar err

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound  paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg and it always worked. Then a few days ago it stopped and I now get an error. Something changed. $ sudo paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg Connection

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound  paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg and it always worked. Then a few days ago it stopped and I now get an error. Something changed. $ sudo paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg Connection failure: Connection refused pa_context_connect

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 3/20/23 21:13, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: On 20/03/2023 17.22, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: Fedora 36 up-to-date. $ uname -a Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 20/03/2023 17.22, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: Fedora 36 up-to-date. $ uname -a Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound paplay

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On Mon, 2023-03-20 at 12:33 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Everyone who reports use of root user doesn't need yet another lecture > instead of > an answer to a question asked. Everyone who asks to do stupid things, and advises others to do stupid things, needs told otherwise. You

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

n actually happen under SELinux (and probably AppArmor). Under SELinux, root is just another account to contain. It is possible to deny root access to something, but provide access to unprivileged users. I don't think I've ever come across the use case, though. A similar constraint on root

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

eate the first regular user. ... > Set up an ordinary account for yourself, and always use that. Set up > ordinary accounts for other uers. Do everything, and test things, as > an ordinary user That account would be root. I've been using Linux for well over 3 decades. I've h

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:22:57 +1100 Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > Fedora 36 up-to-date. > > $ uname -a > Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC > Fri Mar 3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > I have a script running as root (us

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

the first regular user. That's *NOT* a good way to do things. (a) Root shouldn't be used as a general login. (b) Some things refuse to run, to reinforce point (a). (c) Root can do things that normal users can't. You may set up an expectation that something works, when it won'

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 3/20/23 07:22, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: Fedora 36 up-to-date. $ uname -a Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound paplay /audio

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

Samuel Sieb composed on 2023-03-20 00:31 (UTC-0700): > You shouldn't. Why are you trying to do that? If the superuser can't do something, how can a mere mortal user be expected to do same? When the superuser determines *everything* works as expected is time enough to create the first regular u

Re: Recently sound does not play as root

On 3/19/23 23:22, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: Fedora 36 up-to-date. $ uname -a Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar  3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound paplay /audio

Recently sound does not play as root

Fedora 36 up-to-date. $ uname -a Linux e4.eyal.emu.id.au 6.1.15-100.fc36.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar 3 17:22:46 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I have a script running as root (using sudo) and in it I play a sound paplay /audio/ogg/beginning.ogg and it always worked

Re: is root realy root ?

> On Jan 22, 2023, at 15:47, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 3:23 PM Gordon Messmer > wrote: >> >> On 2023-01-21 15:37, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >>>> chown: changing ownership of '/root/.cache/doc': Operation not permitted &

Re: is root realy root ?

On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 3:23 PM Gordon Messmer wrote: > > On 2023-01-21 15:37, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >> chown: changing ownership of '/root/.cache/doc': Operation not permitted > >> > > It sounds like selinux. > > If the problem were SELinux, the

Re: is root realy root ?

On 2023-01-21 15:37, Jeffrey Walton wrote: chown: changing ownership of '/root/.cache/doc': Operation not permitted It sounds like selinux. If the problem were SELinux, the system would report "permission denied" and not "operation not permitted".  You can ver

Re: is root realy root ?

On Jan 21, 2023, at 18:55, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 23:31:43 - > old sixpack13 wrote: > >> rm -rfv /root/.cache/doc >> rm: cannot remove '/root/.cache/doc/by-app': Operation not permitted > > That is (if I recall) an annoying fu

Re: is root realy root ?

On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 11:49:05PM -, old sixpack13 wrote: ls -laZ total 20 dr-xr-x---. 1 root root system_u:object_r:admin_home_t:s0 154 22. Jan 00:17 . dr-xr-xr-x. 1 root root system_u:object_r:root_t:s0 138 15. Dez 00:48 .. -rw---. 1 root root

Re: is root realy root ?

> On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 6:49 PM old sixpack13 wrote: > > Selinux often bytes me, too. > > Try relabeling your filesystem before going further. > yupp, that fixed it Thanks $ALL ! ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscri

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