General :: Setup Myself Up As Root User
Mar 31, 2010when i type in su in the terminal it asks me for a pwd. I type in my user pwd and it denies me. So how do I set myself up as a root user?
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Software :: Setup FTP To Allow A User To Access The Www Root Only?
Sep 16, 2010I have a LAMP server running. Currently there are not vhosts, just the basic single site apache2 running a web app. I want to set up ftp access to the www root, but my attempts have failed. When I try to ftp using the user I created, I get dumped in the users home directory. I can also browse the entire file system. What I can't do is upload content to the www root. I get permission errors. How can I set ftp up to allow a user to access the www root only?
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Mar 26, 2010I set up a servber on my local machine, & also PHp - Both working fine.I'm trying to load up MYSQL i have installed it, & *can* start/stop the server. however if I do anything else with it, I get this error :-
Quote:
root@gordon-desktop:~# sudo mysqladmin -u root -h localhost password MYPASSWORD
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'
Query :-
1) How do I know MYSQL is actually active ? (apart from the message it says that its statrted (or stopped).
2) Is there a way to
a) Find out the usernames that are recorded on the MYSQL server ?
b) set / RESET the 'root' username (I know MYSQL root user is different to PC root user)
c) anything else I can do on the PHP / website code to see if MYSQL is working
(as yet, no tables / databases etc have been set up - as I can't get past this error message - I get the same error when setting up a database.)
Ps I did allow my usermname (when logged in to ubuntu) to edit / create files in the /usr/www/ directory (but it is still OWNED by 'root' - that directory)
General :: Did Not Find Any Option For Root Password For Root User In Ubuntu 9.10?
Mar 2, 2010i used opensuse 11.1 ...there is option for root user to create password for root...but for ubuntu i did not find anything like that...so how can i create root password....or how can i use root
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Dec 2, 2010i just installed linux mandriva 2009. i set password for root and created a user account. when i try to login as root, after logging out as user, it does not allow me and gives the error "root logins are not allowed". even it does not show the root account. if i try to go to root from konsole terminal using su root, it allows to enter as a root but when i try to start the GUI with startx it gives error.not sure what to do and why i can't see my account in GUI mode
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Jan 15, 2010I am using mint 8 for a 2 weeks, I am noob to linux but I like Mint than any other linux distro which is great alternative to windows. I have a problem regarding password reseting.
1. My laptop automatically get logged in without asking user name and password.
2. I tried to change password for newly created user and root user using graphical way but it does not work.
2. I can perform administrator task using only OEM user which is default inbuilt user of mint.
How can make my laptop to ask password when mint get booted? How to change password for other users?
Software :: Change A Process Running In Root-user To Non-root User ?
Oct 28, 2009Is It possible to change a process running in root-user to non-root-user by setting suid / uid / euid / gid etc... I so please instruct how, when and wat to set in order to change a process running in root-user to non-root user
View 4 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Setup FTP User But Won't Connect?
Mar 31, 2010I have a remote virtual server for a few websites, it's running on Fedora Core release 6 (Zod). I want to setup an FTP user so I can have someone do some work for me. He only needs very limited access. I have searched for help and thought I found out what I needed to do, but when I try to test the connection, after the password is sent I get the message "530 Login incorrect", followed by "Critical Error", "Could not connect to server". (I am using FileZilla for my FTP client) Below is what I did to add the user
Code: useradd -d /var/www/vhosts/mywebsite.com/httpdocs/thisisit -s /sbin/nologin myuser
"thisisit" is the name of the directory I want to give access to and "myuser" is the user I am adding. I use passwd myuser to add a password. I've tried -s /dev/null also (to prevent this user having shell access) but it's the same. The worse thing is, I did a similar thing last year for a customer so he could upload images to my site. That login works fine. I have looked at the passwd file and both users seem to be setup the same, yet the new user does not work. What am I overlooking?The two entries in my passwd file are The one that doesn't work
myuser:x:10025:10025::/var/www/vhosts/mywebsite.com/httpdocs/thisisit/:/dev/null And below the use I created lat year that DOES work. mycustomer:x:10008:10008::/home/ftp/mycustomer/:/dev/null
General :: Setup A Read Only FTP User?
Oct 19, 2009Hello, I'm trying to set up a read only FTP user; basically, they have the ability to browse a particular images folder and download, but not write (or delete accidentally). I've got it set up so the FTP user logs in directly to the folder, so I'm good with that; but they still have write permissions. We have an application built in PHP that copies image uploads to this folder; it also resizes them in the same folder. So in addition to the main FTP user (me) who needs write access to this folder, whatever the Apache/PHP user is (not sure?) also needs write access. Is there a simple way to affect read/write permissions on a user level?
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Dec 18, 2010I had copied oracle setup in the root. Now want to delete it. I tried the following commands, but couldn't succeed:
rm -R oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm
rm: cannot remove `oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm': No such file or directory
While this file there only in file system.
General :: Not Able To Log In As A User Only As Root?
Jul 4, 2011I installed arch on to my dell (8250) p4 and everything went great until my log in window came up I tried logging and it would not except my user name or password. I was able to get in on root and made sure the user name password was valid and it was! No matter what name / password I add with full access it will only see root
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Sep 17, 2010I tried to make my account root by editing etc/group:
root:x:0:oneat
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:oneat
...
But it didn't succeed.What can I do more?
General :: Non Root User Writing To USB
Sep 7, 2010Basically I have a USB flash drive currently formatted under vfat. I can log in as root and the system automatically picks it up and automounts the drive successfully. What needs to happen is that a non-root user needs to be able write to this device while root has mounted this device. Due to other program constraints, I can not mount the device using another user so I have to do it with root.
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Jan 8, 2010So, i've a little question. I have a Linux Red Hat 5.1 System wich has a programm that needs to be started as a user -> usera .When i reboot the server, how can i make it possible to run a command in the shell as usera user?Someone told me, that this is not possible to make an autostart entry because this works only with the root account?!What i want its simple.- Command -> startprg need's to be started as user usera automatically after an automated reboot of the red hat linux
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Sep 30, 2010Im trying to run this program and they say I should not run it as root but as a diff user. how to change from root to dif.user. I am using linux CentOS 5.5. Is it a terminal command? How do i create a diff user and log in as it?
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Apr 1, 2010Im doing a security based project in linux platform(ubuntu). When i try to modify some properties in ubuntu it is showing as "permission denied". I have only one password which i created when installing ubuntu.But using tat password i cant login as root. How to make login as a root user?
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Jan 23, 2011I'm using Debian Squeeze, and I need to give to my gui user (the gnome user I think its called) root permission, I mean, I want to explore, read and write anything I want using my GUI user, how can I do it?
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I added for him a user account and publickey ssh authentication so that now he could push/pull changesets via ssh.
My question is: how can I make this new user account completely disabled from doing anything or accessing any data on the server other than accessing the repository? E.g. he shouldn't even have the possibility to enter an interactive shell session.
General :: Using Root Via SSH Screws FTP User Privs?
Mar 20, 2011Whenever I create, move or copy into the httpdocs (host envio based on plesk installation)My FTP user privileges go wacky. For instance I could not delete, rename or upload anything to the directory I created as root in ssh.
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Sep 20, 2010i want to install a software in my linux machine staying in another user that i have created .It is asking for root access for some command to be execute during installation process.when I am trying to execute "sudo -s" its showing " is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.".what next will i do.I am in my ubuntu machine.
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Oct 5, 2010For a user on a Linux host, I need to make everything inaccessible besides his home directory. I have heard that this is usually done by changing the root directory for the user (and setting it to the user's home directory), however I couldn't find the way to do it.
I thought about the chroot command, but it seems it just runs the specified command, considering the specified directory as the root directory. So it seems chroot is not what i need. So my question is: what is the command which changes the user's root directory?
General :: Backing Up /var/lib/mysql As Non-root User?
Jan 4, 2011I am using Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS x64. I would like to backup my /var/lib/mysql directory as a non-root user.
I have been backing this up using cron as the root user, but another admin in my company insists that we create a separate user to perform this task for security reasons. I have created a user, created a group, added the user to the group, but still cannot access /var/lib/mysql/mysql directory as that user. I would like that user to have +rx access only.
General :: Difference Between Sudo And Root User?
Feb 8, 2010Can a sudo user do everything what a root user can do? I read sometimes expert say "You should run it as root rather than sudo user".
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Jul 4, 2010I want to create a user who has all the privileges that root user has.I know how to create a user but i don't know how to grant root privileges to him.
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Apr 15, 2010I have done these steps. still its not working.
1. Log in as the root user.
2. I have created a file with name "reminder" in /root directory.
3. Create a /etc/cron.daily directory. Add a file called "taxrem", which reads a text file from home directory, so write a command in the "taxrem" : "cat ~/reminder"
4. Add command to /etc/crontab file. Based on the conditions I want, such as : 5 13 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
There is no entry in the cron.deny file. Still I have not get any response on that scheduled time.
General :: How To Give Access (same As Root) To Other User
Apr 18, 2010How give all access (same as root) to other user because i need to run some application s/w from other user login.
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Jul 22, 2010I have created a linux machine and installed some softwares on it with root user privileges . I used to login with root user credentials for doing the various task.
Later i have realise that this is not the best practice to follow and there should be a new user with less privileges to be created for doing the day to day task.
I have read the steps to create the user but will that new user sufficient enough to do the task that i m doing it through root user?
Will my software allow the new user to work on them?
I would be glad if someone points me to a guidelines on what should be my next step?
General :: Create A User Without Root Privileges?
Apr 9, 2011I create a user in CentOS 5.5 for using with my email account.
useradd ralf
passwd ralf
use "ralf user" only for my email account. How can I remove others privileges/permissions? Also, I want to use "ralf user" without root privileges/permissions.
General :: Disallow User To Login As Root?
Oct 12, 2009I want to disallow root login on my RHEL Machine?
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