Red Hat / Fedora :: VirtualBox Init Script For No Root User
Feb 9, 2010
I'm working to make guest OS run as no privileged user. I've found a script made by an Italian guy that should start the guest instance during boot. Unfortunately the script was made for Debian and as I'm not confident with bash, I'm having some difficulties in making it work under RedHat 5.3 launched as root
vbox-ithaca start
vbox-ithaca: line 116: log_daemon_msg: command not found
sudo: VBoxManage startvm ithaca --type vrdp: command not found
vbox-ithaca: line 119: log_end_msg: command not found
these errors to me basically say that those commands aren't in PATH, but I couldn't find them anywhere
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Feb 9, 2011
I wrote a custom init script for a java application. The script resides in /etc/init.d and follows the convention for the init.d scripts. However, the script runs the java process as root. I need these processes to run as a non-root user. Is there a way besides using sudo or su in the script (seems inelegant), to run the script as a specific non-root user? Perhaps using a .conf file in /etc/init or a daemon wrapper? What would the Ubuntu way of doing this be?
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Nov 27, 2009
I have installed the Apache Directory Server (ApacheDS) Now I need a iniscript that startining the App as Root, so that it can use the Port 389. After them a unprivileged User (apachds) should run the Service. The same solution I am searching for Glassfish. What can I use for them? RHEL and compatibles doesn't have a start-stop-daemon like Debian.
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Nov 28, 2010
I want to start VB in headless mode. It is possibe to tell VB to run the VM with a useraccount, but i will asked after his password.
So it is not possible to run it in runnlevel 2 and 3.
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Oct 21, 2010
I haven't used my VB for a few weeks however all of a sudden it refuses to work for my normal non-root user. It's almost as if it can't find libraries in the /opt/VirtualBox directory. Initially it refused to start completely so I linked the required libs into /usr/lib64 ( yip real hack. Then it started but a vm would not start, and comes up with an error about a missing lib again which is definitely there. My non-root user is in the vb group and nothing besides system updates has changed. vb 3.2.10 slack64-current.
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Feb 25, 2010
I have a service that when shutdown requires a username and password. I use `read` in my script to gather this info because I can't have it in the file. When I run the init script by hand it will ask for the username and password and everything shutsdown properly. When I run reboot or halt I get no prompt. get user input in a shutdown process?
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Dec 16, 2010
recently installed phpVirtualBox and VirtualBox on my 10.04 LTS ubuntu server it's getting annoying having to type
Code:
/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv -b --logfile /dev/null >/dev/null
every time i reboot the server
tried for hours to make an init.d script that will run it but failed..basically I just want it to automatically run the above command on every boot.
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Oct 28, 2009
Is 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
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Apr 13, 2010
We are trying to setup fedora 12, and it has installed and now is asking for a user name on the base install, so far all we have tried will not let us in. We have, installed it a few times to see if there is a place to install the uer name or is there a root user name to use?
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Sep 4, 2010
I keep getting the error below even though I:
1. Added myself to vboxusers
2. Installed dkms
3. Ran the "sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" command.
When I run "/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup" it gives me the error: modprobe vboxdrv failed. use 'dmesg' to find out why
Code:
The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is either not loaded or there is a permission problem with /dev/vboxdrv. Please reinstall the kernel module by executing '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
as root. Users of Ubuntu, Fedora or Mandriva should install the DKMS package first. This package keeps track of Linux kernel changes and recompiles the vboxdrv kernel module if necessary. One other thing, I looked in the file system and there is no "/dev/vboxdrv". Is this correct?
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Apr 16, 2011
I am novice user of Fedora 14. I want to set up root user for Fedora 14.
How do I do it?
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Jun 10, 2011
how to install rpm as non-root user
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Jun 17, 2011
Well I did something pretty stupid and now I can't log in with my user other than the root user. Basically, I wanted to change my username and so I when to the admin > user & accounts - and selected the account I wanted to change. Anyway I did that and then logged out. Since then all I get when I reseted is a spinning mouse ball and a black screen. I can get into the shell prompt - but I'm not sure how I'd go about fixing this issue I created. At the moment I'm logged in the shell with root, and if I type 'id' I can see my old username, but I think the links behind it are broken.
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Jun 17, 2011
I had a LiveUSB of CentOS 5.5, so I decided the install it.With no installer,I just copied the files to my hard drive.his was in a multi boot with Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.10, and FreeDOS.I updated GRUB2 and it detected CentOS. I loaded my entry and it failed to mount the root filesystem.I took the initrd0 file from the LiveUSB syslinux folder and added that ramdisk to the entry. Now it finds the root filesystem (/dev/sda9 as Ext3).But it fails shortly after loading /sbin/init. It talks about an init error where it says "File not found!!!".The previous lines involved umounting old filesystems, like /dev.
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Aug 27, 2009
I did a fresh fedora install and have overwritten the root user directory ( /root) with a backup of a previous install. Now I cannot log on through the login screen with the root user password. I can login su - as root on the command line with the password OK.
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Sep 8, 2009
I have a problem, I have installed Fedora 11. And i need to login as root user.
How to do so?
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Nov 2, 2009
Can the audit daemon (auditd) be run by a non-root user? I'd like to create a special user who only run the audit daemon. Is that possible?
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Dec 18, 2009
I've recently upgraded my hardware. Now, the system boots perfectly fine, but I can't login to the tty as root or any other user. Infact yes, I can login, but as soon as it shows Last Login, it exits and then I'm back to a login prompt. I've successfully booted into single user mode, and changed all the passwords, but still it fails. X doesn't start, although I think it's due to the old xorg.conf having the wrong driver.
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Jan 25, 2010
I have a weird question about the sudoers file. Currently, I am running "Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 8)".
I edited the sudoers file (via visudo) and added the following:
User_Alias RPTS2 = vtmtest
RPTS2 xxxxx = (jboss) /oracle/app/oracle/apps/rptsd/deploy-jboss/deploy_rpts_jboss.sh
The user (vtmtest) issues the following command
sudo /oracle/app/oracle/apps/rptsd/deploy-jboss/deploy_rpts_jboss.sh
and gets this message:
user vtmtest is not allowed to execute '/oracle/app/oracle/apps/rptsd/deploy-jboss/deploy_rpts_jboss.sh' as root on xxxxx
When I look at the log, I see the following:
Jan 25 14:17:57 xxxxx sudo: vtmtest : command not allowed ; TTY=pts/12 ; PWD=/export/home/vtmtest ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/oracle/app/oracle/apps/rptsd/deploy-jboss/deploy_rpts_jboss.sh
1. Why does sudo try to run as the root user, when I have specified in the command to run as jboss?
2. Do I need to specify anything else so that this command can run as the "jboss" user and not "root"?
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Mar 25, 2010
I am running Fedora 12 as Guest OS in VMware Player. I installed Fedora 12 by using a Prepackage VM . The root user name and p/w was supplied by the person who made this appliance. Is there way for me to change root user name and pw
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Jul 6, 2010
After upgrading FEdora 13, user ravi was added. Then after few days neel was added. Both of the users were already existing. So when attempting login to neel, we found that every file is owned by ravi. So we did$chown -R neel:neel But after that problem started and when we rebooted the machin, there were no list of users on login screen. (then I connected to that comp remotely, it worked, but somehow I was not able to switch to root) It says incorrect password (though I new it very well). So I went to maintenance mode and changed the root password, and rebooted. Still problem persists.Now I am not able to login as root (from anywhere, login screen , terminal, remote)No list of usernames on login screen ( but i can choose, other and type login-password)
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Sep 20, 2010
I want to use root password instead of adding my user to the list of sudoers,In Arch wiki ander Root password:Users can configure sudo to ask for the root password instead of the user password by adding "rootpw" to the Defaults line in /etc/sudoers: but that did not work for me. it asks for root password.Why do I want to do that:
1. I want to do that, I like sudo more than su -c 'some_command'.
2. sudo enables bash completion, su -c does not.
3. I don't want to add my user to sudoers list.
I found many users Suggesting alternatives and lowering the important of my need for this, when I asked this question in anther please.
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May 11, 2011
As the title says... (when using add/remove). Not sure how it got this way, so can't just put something back - need a way to correct it.
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Jan 14, 2010
I have just upgraded my laptop from F8 to F10, and I am unable to login to the system as root user.At login, it provides 2 options, one is the user I created and another called 'other'.On selecting 'other' and providing uid/passwd as 'root/<rootpassword>, it says "Unable to Authenticate User"!!However, when I tried to access my windows partition, it happily accepted the root password
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Jan 12, 2009
It seem like unix abit annoying every time you log in you need to password can I disable it
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Mar 12, 2010
If I'm root, I can use the dmidecode command to find out the BIOS Asset Tag value:
Code:
Handle 0x0004, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: xxx
Type: xxx
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Is there a way that a user without root privileges can read this value?
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Apr 7, 2010
I have fedora 12 installed in my system.But i cant login into it as root user even using 'sudo su'what to do?Each time i am having the following problem
[sujal@hclhome ~]$ sudo su
[sudo] password for sujal:
sujal is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
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Dec 17, 2010
Does anyone know how to change the mouse Cursor for the root user?
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Mar 10, 2011
I need to update my NVIDIA server settings, but to do so I need to be logged in as root user. Does anyone know how to do this from the gnome desktop?
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May 30, 2011
I'm trying to get the "root" user to be included in the list of users that get displayed on the login page.
I found this:[URL]...which seems to indicate that if I add an "Include" line, with the "root" user, that would work. I found the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file, which was empty except for the section header lines, so I added an "Include=root" line, but even after rebooting I just get the regular users, and have to login by typing the "root" username, etc.
So, I was wondering, is there a way to get this to work? P.S. I understand about not wanting to allow root logins, but I need to do this in my situation.
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