Ubuntu :: Only User Cannot Gain Sudo Access
May 11, 2010I'm the only user, can login (meaning I know my pass). But cannot Sudo. I'm on Ububtu Studio, the latest release. Doesn't make any sense.
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Jan 6, 2010Original HOWTO can be found at: [URL]... So the other day I was in IRC and someone had brought up a problem where they created a new Administrative user, but didnt have rights to use sudo. Looked into the problem a little bit to figure out what was wrong, and it turns out that when you create a new user through the user manager (in kubuntu, anyways. Havent tested in Gnome.) the user gets added to the adm group, however, a quick look at the sudoers file shows that its looking for users in the admin group to allow the use of sudo. So, to solve the problem we do the following: If youre on the new admin user (which Im assuming you are) use the following commands:
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su [insert username of old account without brackets]
sudo usermod -G admin [username of new admin account without brackets]
exit
Then simply logout, and then log back in (not always necessary, but the easiest way to flush the permissions.)
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su [insert username of old account without brackets]
Means were going to Switch User to the old admin account
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sudo usermod -G admin [username of new admin account without brackets]
This simply adds the admin group to the secondary group list for the new user
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exit
Pretty self explanatory
Ubuntu :: Get Root User Access Without Using Sudo?
Apr 23, 2010It's been a few years since I last installed Ubuntu. I searched the forums and can't seem to find the answer. I want to be able to do a "su root" and have root access. I know Ubuntu wants you to do the sudo command, and I know you can really mess things up being root. I know I got this to work before. What do I need to do?
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## Enable the nagios user to run the check_iptables.sh script as root
nagios ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/nrpe/libexec/check_iptables.sh, /sbin/iptables
I restarted the nagios service, and tested the results. The results were the user account still could not run the script due to the user, nagios, not having permission to run the iptables binary.
Is there another step(s) that I need to take in order to get the sudo access available to the user account?
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Dec 9, 2010I need to provide sudo access to Oracle User, run only this particular "SRVCTL" command.
Do I need to edit "sudoers" file .if so where do I need to add these two lines in sudoers file.
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Dec 19, 2010I made a Desktop User account. When I went on that account, it allowed me to execute sudo as if I was an administrator. I don't know what might be causing this. I do have ufw set up and blocking incoming connections. Do you guys know what might be at the root of this?Also, when I used sudo from the user account (which I shouldn't have been able to do), I provided the password for my admin account.
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Apr 7, 2011I've recently created a new user's account in Ubuntu because of some difficulties I was having with network communications. Apparently this has affected my ability to get into a terminal because now, when I submit my user name I get the following:
[OPTIONS] [PASSWORD-FILES]
--single "single crack" mode
--wordlist=FILE --stdin wordlist mode, read words from FILE or stdin
--rules enable word mangling rules for wordlist mode
--incremental[=MODE] "incremental" mode [using section MODE]
--external=MODE external mode or word filter
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--session=NAME give a new session the NAME
--status[=NAME] print status of a session [called NAME]
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--show show cracked passwords
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--shells=[-]SHELL[,..] load users with[out] this (these) shell(s) only
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--save-memory=LEVEL enable memory saving, at LEVEL 1..3
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Jul 20, 2009After installing Fedora 6 (and probably any later version) I find that access to the add/remove section is denied unless I have an Internet connection which I don't have. I just do not see any reason why this is done this way! One can't even gain access with the DVD Is there a way to circumvent this nuisance from the terminal Does anyone know why this is put into the installation in the first place.?
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Feb 9, 2010I have installed transcriber from the ubuntu repositories the version is listed as 1.5.1.1-3
I am trying to use this program on Ubuntu 9.10 (64bit), and when attempting to play the audio file (standard mp3 format) I get the error message:
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could not gain access to /dev/sound/dsp for writing
Everything else I have tried for sound works fine and The mp3 file I'm transcribing plays fine in any other application eg movie player and rhythm box etc.
the full error message is:
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Could not gain access to /dev/sound/dsp for writing.
while executing
[Code]....
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Does the network utility work differently from 7? Am I now rootless? It would seem that my wifi card sees the net as I can see the routers out there, but can't connect. I'm sure I'm using the correct WEP.
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I just straight up:
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Ubuntu :: No Longer Have A User Who Can Run Sudo?
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sudo usermod -G sambashare_kid dev
which left me with
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Aug 13, 2010I've got my username on Ubuntu (I can't remember version number, but its 6 months old aprox)..
I'm the sole user (& admin)..
I have /home/myusername/ & can edit all files (without using sudo), but if I want to edit a file in another directory - i need to use Sudo..
I'm setting up a website /home/website/
(this is the same structure as the external website I'm going to edit, i want the directory structure to be the same..)
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