On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 12:34:01 -0700 (PDT), Len Ovens wrote: >On Mon, 1 Jun 2015, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 09:47:51 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote: >>>> >>> There's no need in this version. Those commands do not require root. >>> You run the sudo commands as the normal user. You don't need to >>> enable the root account. You don't need a root password. >> >> +1 >> >> Very seldom there is the need to have a root account. An exception is >> e.g. to list directories of another user with (or likely also >> without) a freakish home by a script. > >sudo bash -l
or sudo -i, but it doesn't work if you want to list directly. $ id rocketmouse uid=1000(rocketmouse) gid=1000(rocketmouse) groups=1000(rocketmouse),10(wheel),50(games),91(video),92(audio),93(optical),95(storage),98(power),100(users),108(vboxusers) $ id chuser uid=1001(chuser) gid=1001(chuser) groups=1001(chuser),10(wheel),50(games),91(video),92(audio),93(optical),95(storage),100(users),1000(rocketmouse),108(vboxusers) $ su -c "ls -hAogdvp /.chuser/.home/.jwm* /.chuser/.home/.config/Trolltech.conf* /.chuser/.home/.config/fbpanel /.chuser/.home/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini* /.chuser/.home/.config/lxpanel /.chuser/.home/.config/openbox* /.chuser/.home/.gtkrc-2.0* /.chuser/.home/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile" lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 May 25 05:34 /.chuser/.home/.jwmrc -> /home/rocketmouse/.jwmrc lrwxrwxrwx 1 40 May 24 13:01 /.chuser/.home/.config/Trolltech.conf -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/Trolltech.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 34 May 25 05:37 /.chuser/.home/.config/fbpanel -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/fbpanel/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 46 May 22 12:46 /.chuser/.home/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini lrwxrwxrwx 1 34 May 25 05:37 /.chuser/.home/.config/lxpanel -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/lxpanel/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 33 May 24 12:55 /.chuser/.home/.config/openbox -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/openbox lrwxrwxrwx 1 28 May 22 12:30 /.chuser/.home/.gtkrc-2.0 -> /home/rocketmouse/.gtkrc-2.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 51 May 25 05:44 /.chuser/.home/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile -> /home/rocketmouse/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile/ $ sudo ls -hAogdvp /.chuser/.home/.jwm* /.chuser/.home/.config/Trolltech.conf* /.chuser/.home/.config/fbpanel /.chuser/.home/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini* /.chuser/.home/.config/lxpanel /.chuser/.home/.config/openbox* /.chuser/.home/.gtkrc-2.0* /.chuser/.home/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.jwm*: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.config/Trolltech.conf*: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini*: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.config/openbox*: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.gtkrc-2.0*: No such file or directory lrwxrwxrwx 1 34 May 25 05:37 /.chuser/.home/.config/fbpanel -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/fbpanel/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 34 May 25 05:37 /.chuser/.home/.config/lxpanel -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/lxpanel/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 51 May 25 05:44 /.chuser/.home/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile -> /home/rocketmouse/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile/ $ sudo -u chuser ls -hAogdvp /.chuser/.home/.jwm* /.chuser/.home/.config/Trolltech.conf* /.chuser/.home/.config/fbpanel /.chuser/.home/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini* /.chuser/.home/.config/lxpanel /.chuser/.home/.config/openbox* /.chuser/.home/.gtkrc-2.0* /.chuser/.home/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.jwm*: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.config/Trolltech.conf*: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini*: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.config/openbox*: No such file or directory ls: cannot access /.chuser/.home/.gtkrc-2.0*: No such file or directory lrwxrwxrwx 1 34 May 25 05:37 /.chuser/.home/.config/fbpanel -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/fbpanel/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 34 May 25 05:37 /.chuser/.home/.config/lxpanel -> /home/rocketmouse/.config/lxpanel/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 51 May 25 05:44 /.chuser/.home/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile -> /home/rocketmouse/.rocketmouse/openbox-jwm-profile/ -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
