Ubuntu Security :: Running Application With Administrator Rights
Jan 10, 2010I am trying to run eclipse with administrator rights so that it can access any folder on my system.
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Ubuntu Security :: 10.10 - No Admin Rights For Administrator
Oct 22, 2010I am only user on this ubuntu 10.10 install. I have admin rights but when I try to change some settings via Ubuntu tweak unlock or alter user and groups via advanced tab I never get the option to enter my password. I have added a new user 'tempuser' via safe mode and this user is administrator too but everything works fine from this user..
Results from $ grep admin /etc/group
lpadmin:105:heath,tempuser
admin:119:firstuser,tempuser,heath
Results from groups
admin adm dialout fax cdrom floppy tape audio dip video plugdev fuse lpadmin sambashare
I am thinking of making a fresh install if I cant sort this but would like to fix if possible.
Ubuntu Security :: Privilege Escalation / Compromising Administrator Rights
Jul 24, 2011I have been wondering if a guest user could compromise a machine which is set in the following way: they are not able to open the computer case, to boot from either an USB flash drive or an optical-disc drive, nor have any knowledge of the administrator-user password. Thus, they are landing on their guess account, and have to work their privilege escalation from there.
Therefore, what can they do to gain it? Could they download or otherwise install or run from a thumb drive an application that could be used to crack the administrator-user password? Because, it seems to me, could they enter into the system such a password-cracking application, the whole system could be compromised given the administrator-user password contains less than 9-or-so characters. What do you think? Can I lend my computer to anybody without them having beforehand gained my trust in them? Is the reasoning reasonable?
Ubuntu Security :: Allow Program To Be Run As Administrator Without Sudo?
Jun 7, 2010Certain commands like:
fdisk -l
nmap -sT 192.168.0.1/24
iftop
require administrator privileges to run. A while ago i read a post(forgot where i read it) about being able to let a user run these commands in a script (that contains the desired command) created by the administrator/root without the user having to do a sudo and entering a password. Does anyone know how i can go about doing this?
Ubuntu Security :: Giving Root Permission To An Application But Without Running It As Root?
Jan 20, 2011want to run VirtualBox with root permissions. Trouble is that only when run as root i can access attached USB devices inside of a virtual machine, otherwise, these a greyed out).Now running VirtualBox as a root user also changes the configuration folders, making all my virtual machines already defined disappear. I also don't want to copy all to the root configuration folders. Is there a way to give the VirtualBox root permissions but without actually running the application as a root user. Is it possible to do without changing the permissions of the non-root user, i.e. i don't want my user to have all root permissions, due to security considerations.
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Nov 18, 2010I love My linux OS, and I carry It with me all the time in USB. I used to be able to boot from USB in the University computers, but not any more. Now it required Admin password in order to boot from CD or USB. I tried The VMWare, but I didn't like it. Is there any way I can get around it.
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Apr 27, 2011I am novice user of linux. I need to know how to configure firewall so my system cant be compromised...In windows my system was greatly compromised. keyloggers were installed without my approval and my desktop was taken on remote. What should I do so without my knowledge no software can be installed and i can close all ports and only open which ever port is required to open. What should i do so my desktop cant be taken on remote?How do I configure user rights ? So except me no one can install any software. I will have another general user id for internet surfing
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Nov 19, 2010newbie changing to Linux, but not comps.as I said in newbie forum, putting them together since mid 80's w/5150's. that said most exp is old dos command line and commodore 64 basic. our economy here in USA causes change for many of us. I am now reading CompTIA study guide for Linux+ certification by Robb H. Tracy, pro Linux administration by James Turnbull,Peter Lieverdink, and Dennis Matotek. I have downloaded and installed PcLinuxOs, Fedora, SuSe.(three separate disks) have Linux Mint, Ubuntu, on cd. I also have Helix, DEFT, FIRE, FCCU, and Live Forensics Toolkit for Windows. because of pending legislation in our state and current or pending in others, taking classes@community college for private investigator. end goal?: Linux Systems Administrator/security/private investigator specializing in forensics?as I learn I'll probably install a server version on 1 of my drives and ask some of you to use it to work with/hack me/give me help in general.
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Sep 27, 2010I have setup a VPS server, created two accounts to two domains respectively, and in one account I built a tool to manage other accounts. I have been rigorously researching and found information, however not implemented yet, about granting apache sudo rights through an interface on one account, so that it can execute scripts as root to manage installations in other accounts. what I mean this is my tool will use 'rsync' to duplicate installations from any account into any account.
My question for security, is it secure to grant apache sudo rights? I have not resolved successfully granting it permissions, and I would not want to waste my time investigating more on it if it can compromise the system in any way.
In your experience, is it feasible to build such a tool like I described? I have the tool working to copy within account and to addon domains and it works great, but I want it to manage all accounts on the server.
Security :: Kernel Flaw Coughs Up Root Rights
Oct 21, 2010Quote: The open-source Linux operating system contains a serious security flaw that can be exploited to gain superuser rights on a target system. The vulnerability, in the Linux implementation of the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol, affects unpatched versions of the Linux kernel, starting from 2.6.30, where the RDS protocol was first included.
According to VSR Security, the research outfit that discovered the security hole, Linux installations are only vulnerable if the CONFIG_RDS kernel configuration option is set, and if there are no restrictions on unprivileged users loading packet family modules, as is the case on most stock distributions.
Fedora Security :: Configure Firewall And Software Plus User Rights?
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[code]....
Ubuntu Servers :: Application Is Not Running In 8.4?
Feb 16, 2011My application environment which is made of jdk1.6,Tomcat 6, my sql 5.0. When i deployed my project in ubuntu 8.4, it was running fine.
But when i added
richfaces-api-3.3.3.Final.jar
richfaces-impl-3.3.3.Final.jar
richfaces-impl-jsf2-3.3.3.Final.jar
richfaces-ui-3.3.3.Final.jar
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Ubuntu Networking :: Running Remote X Application?
Jan 14, 2010I have two computers running Ubuntu. I want to run the copy of Firefox that is on the remote machine. i connect to the remote in the usual way, "ssh -X fermi", which brings up a console on the remote machine, fermi. When I type "firefox", however, it starts the copy of firefox that is on the local machine. On the remote machine, "ps aux|grep firefox" confirms that firefox is not running there. Is there a way to force execution of the remote copy?Or, can I start a local copy of firefox using the remote bookmarks, preferences, etc?
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Ubuntu Installation :: OpenCV Application Not Running
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I need to type a long path each time, if I want to use it. I want to use it just type 'app'. How to do? Whatever I'm stay in any path.
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OpenSUSE :: Unknown Application Is Running
Mar 31, 2011After a series of unrelated problems with my mouse (that had nothing to do with suse) I opened a process but I don't know what is it. It looks like a series of micro-post-its in the bottom of my desktop:Also, I checked the option to start a new session every time I start KDE, but this keeps appearing.
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