Ubuntu Installation :: Let Non-root Users Install Apps?
Apr 7, 2011
I'm going to set up an Ubuntu computer for my family. They asked for it, I didn't push them. But I know that they don't like passwords.
So my plan is to make an admin account which is in the sudoers group and then make induvidual accounts for the users. But I also want them to be able to install apps.
So I wonder if it is possible to set the computer so that they can use the software center. What is the best method to do this? The apps mustn't be installed system-wide.
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Mar 11, 2011
I would like to see when installing ubuntu a choice for users to choose what they want installed on their system or not. I know for a fact that there are some like myself that does not want mono runtime files or mono apps on their linux box and when we try to uninstall all the files or apps that link with mono ends up breaking the linux box.
My question is why can't ubuntu make a distro of ubuntu that offers to users the files and apps for use with mono and a choice for those users to install ubuntu with out the mono files or apps. There are somne of us that think mono is as bad as .net and some of us want a linux box that runs linux and not window files or apps unless they can be written as pure linux code and not C# crap. I feel that C or C++ is the real way to write linux code and anything written in C# is windows and always will be windows. If they want to put more windows stuff on ubuntu, then they shouldn't be calling it linux..
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Mar 3, 2011
I have downloaded a package when i have logged in with a user that is not root. I download the package and it is under the folder "Downloads". When i try to unzip the package it sägs that the user does not have the priveliges to run the command. When i change to the root with the command "su -" i cannot see the package to unzip it from the root user prompt. What shuold i do?
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Mar 30, 2015
I've just installed a Debian wheezy and I'm experiencing some issues regarding the "locales". No matter what I've tried (ran "dpkg-reconfigure locales" and restarted my session, edited "/etc/default/locale" then ran "locale-gen") to update the locales, running "locale" in a root shell or as a regular user returns different results.
In a root shell, the result is the right one (similar to "/etc/default/locale").
I do not understand why locales values are different in one case or another.
As a side question, what is the correct syntax for /etc/default/locale ? Is it case sensitive (I've encountered "en_US.utf8" and "en_US.UTF-8") ? Are double quotes mandatory (encountered values with or without double quotes) ?
user@pc ~ cat /etc/default/locale
Code: Select all# File generated by update-locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
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Dec 28, 2009
I have a non-super user on my box which I'd like to give it MOUNT and UMOUNT permissions but I don't know how.For example purposes, the user name is "USER".I don't want to make it into a SuperUser, just give it rights to be able to issue the MOUNT and UMOUNT commands at the terminal.
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Jun 10, 2010
when users login in kde4 it shows kstartconf4 not found or failed error code 127. for both suse 11. 1 and suse 11.2 but kde3 works well I removed .kde etc it still failed
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Jul 1, 2010
When I try to start MySQL and httpd as a non-root user, I get error messagesstating that the user does not have permissions to start the services.I have checked the permissions of mysqld and httpd in /etc/init.d .. both of the files have rwxr-xr-x permissions.When I add the line%groupname ALL=(ALL) ALL in /etc/sudoers, I am able to run the services using sudo.How do I allow non-root users to install/uninstall/configure softwares and start/stop services ?I have tried with
SUI=/usr/bin/sudo -i, /bin/su
SOFTWARE=yum
%groupname ALL=(ALL) SOFTWARE, !SUI
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Jan 18, 2011
How can i see history of all sudo users and all root users in fedora 13 ? history command only shows one users history ?
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Jul 4, 2010
The normal user is now in the sudoers group. How can i allow it to install programs using it's own password rather than having to know the super-secret Root-Users password?
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Feb 6, 2011
OS: Fedora 14 i386It's used as a ""normal desktop laptop""."USER A" - it's the mainly used user, i log in with GDM with it, etc.Goal: I need a little more security - separate a few apps!How: run 3 applications ( Transmission, Google Chrome, Wine ) with other users ( so not with "USER A" ). But when i'm logged in ( in GUI ) with "USER A", i need icons on he's the Desktop. E.g.: just one click ( without asking for password!! ) and Google Chrome starts with another user.How exactly can i do this? - How can i "grant" "USER A" with permissions ( securely ) so that it doesn't needs a password, when running applications with "USER B", "USER C", etc.?
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Aug 5, 2010
since last month i'm using ubuntu 10.04 and i have installed lots of apps and packages i needed on my old 20GIG hard drive and i'm very happy with it but now i had to use this 20gig hard on other old PC and erase it and install all the stuff again on my 500 gig hard drive dual boot with win7 but i don't have enough Internet bandwidth to download all apps again and i want to use my current apps installed on my old hard drive
i tried cloning with Acronis true image but i didn't work then i tried pasting my old hard /var/cache/apt/archives to my new installation but it didn't work neither. does anyone know how can i clone or use my already downloaded packages on my new installation?
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Dec 2, 2010
Can't be done but if you have two distros on one computer can you copy install programs from one install to the other to save me downloading the games again they are quite large on my **** weak download limit. One distro is ubuntu 10.04 and the other is mint 9 so there is compatibility between the two
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Dec 17, 2010
I had an old laptop (POS) with Lucid installed. I was updating to Maverick via Update manager. Well, I had a feeling my HDD was failing but it finally bit the dust on me, and the laptop never booted up properly after the update... I then put together a new laptop with a new drive, I can connect my old drive via USB to the new Lappy, and pull any essential data over to the new system, my question is. How do I import the list of apps I used to run into the new lappy, to have Aptitude or apt pull down and reload everything I "was" using? I figure there is a simple way, just not sure how to do it from a non-running distro via usb connection..
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Jun 5, 2010
I use synaptic on KDE and hate that it always stands out. I know that this is because it is written in GTK and runs as a root application, thus it takes its theme from the /root/ folder. How do I go about theming it to match QtCurve and thus match the other GTK applications I use. I have seen some tutorials on how to do this on Gnome but I have not gotten them to work on KDE.
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Jan 15, 2010
so normaly in order to change root qt/gtk app's theme in KDE, i have to run kdesudo system settings. I think it is possible via linking to have the root theme automaticly sync with my user theme, but i dont know which files to link.
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Feb 6, 2010
When I run graphical applications as root (on KDE4), they inherit my window decorations setting, and use the default widget style. I know that, obviously, I can configure root's widget style to match mine, but I do like the visual distinction. I just don't like it using my window decorations, because I have that nicely configured to match my widget style (and therefore clash with anything else). Is there any way to tell KWin to decorate root windows differently, or even run a separate window manager for root windows?
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Feb 12, 2015
I have headless debian as a server which i use over tightvnc server running on it. Vnc works fine but I can't for example run sudo mousepad or any other gui app from terminal, it says something about not having the rights to open it as root. I understand this has something to do with security, but my computers are behind nat so the vnc server can only be connected inside my lan so i don't mind.
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Dec 30, 2010
I'm running 10.10 64-bit and have configured it for root graphical login for administration of the system. When I log in as root, I can run all menu items in System -> Administration with the exception of Users and Groups. When I try running this, the application starts, but I only get an animated spinning disk that doesn't stop, can't modify the users properties and I can't close the application unless I go to System -> Administration -> System Monitor -> Processes tab , highlight users-admin and click End Process.
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Jun 14, 2010
I have an Openldap server and many 9.10 servers using it to check for possible ssh users. No problems there. Just brought up my first 10.04 server and went through the same procedure to allow ldap users to ssh in, works great. The problem is that ldap users cannot su to root on the 10.04 server. Only locally defined users can su to root, though they cannot su to ldap users. The local root user can su to anyone. Quick overview of how I installed ldap login:
Code:
# apt-get install libnss-ldap
# echo "session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/" >> /etc/pam.d/common-session
And added ldap to the end of these lines in /etc/nsswitch.conf:
Code:
passwd: compat ldap
group: compat ldap
shadow: compat ldap
This process has worked without a hitch on 9.10 dozens of times. So my question is, why are ldap and local users now incapable of using su across authentication mechanisms? For reference these are the error messages in /var/log/auth.log when trying to su to root from an ldap user:
Code:
Jun 14 16:17:07 server unix_chkpwd[6560]: check pass; user unknownJun 14 16:17:07 server unix_chkpwd[6560]: password check failed for user (root)
Jun 14 16:17:07 server su[6559]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname=ldapuser uid=2000 euid=2000 tty=/dev/pts/5 ruser=ldapuser rhost= user=root
Jun 14 16:17:09 server su[6559]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure
Jun 14 16:17:09 server su[6559]: FAILED su for root by ldapuser
And the auth.log for trying to su to an ldap user from a local one:
Code:
Jun 14 17:18:18 server su[8473]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname=localuser uid=1000 euid=1000 tty=/dev/pts/0 ruser=localuser rhost= user=ldapuser
Jun 14 17:18:18 server su[8473]: Successful su for ldapuser by localuserJun 14 17:18:18 server su[8473]: + /dev/pts/0 localuser:ldapuser
Jun 14 17:18:18 server su[8473]: bad group ID `2000' for user `ldapuser': Operation not permitted
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May 27, 2010
I've been intrested in linux for the past few months. I'm using Ubuntu 9.x version on my laptop. I'm able to connect to wireless internet as a root user. However when I login as a non root user, I'm not able to connect to wifi. The NetworkManager program doesn't load at all. I've checked the permissions of /usr/sbin/NetworkManager file, it was 755. I did some googling and tried setting 'set user id' for it, resulting in 4755 perm. But still, I can't open up the NetworkManager utility to connect to the WiFi. But I've no problem logging as a root user. I just don't want to connect to Internet as a root user.
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Jan 27, 2010
I am trying to set my java path so that it is in effect for all users including the root user. I set the path correctly in /etc/profile and that works for my personal user, but when i try to run the same commands using sudo, i get messages saying that it can't find the java path.
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Dec 3, 2010
I have an ftp server and normal login works fine as well as ftps but for some reason sftp sends all my accounts to the root directory of the entire server (not good). Been searching around but can't find a fix.
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Apr 1, 2010
I am having trouble with flash player. Well first I had some trouble with my router and rebooted linux. Then, flash wouldn't play sound anymore. I updated flash etc but still no sound. Then I tried as root administrator and flash sound works fine there.
So I checked the sound preferences from the Control Center and found out, all output devices are set to autodetect instead to one of the output devices I have. But when I switched to the user account to change the preferences accordingly, no sound was played at all.. Also, when I want to use the loudspeaker icon at the bottom to reach the volume control in the user account, I get an error message stating there was some connection refused.
Deneck
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Feb 10, 2011
Feb 10 (today) user qt4 extracts from cd /var/log/secure grep -i 'feb 10' secure Something wrong with pam or selinux? I have not fooled with pam or selinux in decades The secure file seems to report problems I do regular yum update s from secure: above
secure:Feb 10 08:00:20 localhost pam: gdm-password[2396]: pam_unix(gdm-passwordession): session opened for user qt4 by (uid=0)
secure:Feb 10 08:00:48 localhost polkitd(authority=local): Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1 (system bus name :1.37, object path /org/gnome/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
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I can login to qt4 from another user via "su - qt4" I would be shot if I inserted the inserted secure file
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Mar 3, 2011
I'm seeing a problem on RHEL5, whereby all users can receive mail (/var/spool/mail/<user>), but only root gets a new mail alert when logging in.
The relevant bash variables ($MAIL, $MAILCHECK) seem to be set for all users.
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Jul 24, 2011
I find FTP server software confusing in Linux. Using ServU for Windows for an example, all I need to do is to create users via the ServU interface and choose a folder I want that user to have access to and their permissions, and viola, they can connect to that directory, and that directory only.
But in the the land of Linux, it apparently can't be managed this easy. I have a web server with multiple domains, and therefore multiple users need access to their own web root. So with that in mind, what FTP server software should I use (there are plenty out there) and how would I go about to create a user per domain, so that they can log in using FTP to manage their site, and only have access to their own web root, and nothing else?
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May 22, 2010
I am running an updated Lenny. Just discovered that as user I am able to add new users via gui:
System > Administration > Users and Groups.
I was under the impression adding new users was restricted to root. Is this is a bug, and if so who do I report this to?
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When launching any program (iceweasel, ssh, dropbox) that requires internet connection as a normal user it does not connect.
However if I try launching them as root it does. Sometimes, I have to manually disable/enable wifi and then reboot in order to access Internet, sometimes it works and sometimes it does not.
I have Code: Select all3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u1 (2015-12-14) x86_64 GNU/Linux
My resolv.conf has the following permissions
Code: Select allsudo ls -l /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26 Jan 12 05:03 /etc/resolv.conf
My Code: Select allsudo lspci is
Code: Select all00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 09)
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regarding the file permissions of /etc/passwd in fact it has permissions like rw-r--r--so it says others have only read only permissions but my questions is if others has read only permissions on /etc/passwd file.how they are able to change their password i.e others are able to change their passwords then how it is possible.
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