I'm trying to make Firestarter launch as a startup application but it tells me that I need root privileges when logging in with my one and only account!
Can this be achieved without giving this account to much privileges?
I have previously set up sudo via adding my name to the wheel group and then giving full privileges to the wheel group in the sudoers file. Now I choose to learn to limit that. Had noticed the most frequent use I have of sudo is to run yum update. This got me thinking, could I remove the wheel group privileges and add the following line in sudoers to limit the privilege to simply running yum, and furthermore, make it so I could run yum without a password:
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
rootALL=(ALL) ALL
Troy ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/yum
I think that would in fact work (if I understood one of the pages here, it will work). However, upon further thinking I realized that in such a case then anyone sitting at my computer could then use yum, without a password, to install or remove any file on my system � probably not a good idea. As a result I have to ask, can I tighten the privilege even further such that the only privilege so given was to run �yum update� and nothing else? (for example if they ran �yum install� it would fail). If you can do it, how?
Last, I was going to limit the privilege, time wise and try wise, by adding the following to the sudoers file:
# Defaults specification
Defaults:Troy timestamp_timeout=0, passwd_tries=3
Will that really work to limit the elevated privilege so I don't have elevated privileges lingering about, or is there a better way to do so?
Is there a way to grant 'root' privileges to my user account? My account name ... I'll call it 'masterskop' as it is my forum name here, but not on my computer.Would it look like this in the sudoers' file?My purpose is to get access to all the folders and files in the 'File System'. The root and lost+found folders have 'Xs' on them...No access! And for example, under properties of the 'var' folder it states that 'you are not the owner, so you cannot change these permissions.' How can I get access to all of it everytime I login as the main user of my computer? I do not have anyone else using this computer.I did edit this file and used my real user name ... logged out and logged back in and still I do not have access/edit these folders and files.
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In the freshly installed Fedora 12, I installed java and maven and added following files into /etc/profile.d folder:
java.sh
Code:
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.6
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
maven.sh
Code:
export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven
export PATH=$MAVEN_HOME/bin:$PATH
Now when I try to login to "root" account giving "su" command , it gives me the error :
bash: /root: is a directory
i am having problems with privileges i have created a new user with my name, but i cant get root privileges on it. i need the same privileges as the root profile.
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Code:
root@domain -> another_acc
any_other_system_user@domain -> another_acc
any_unknown_user@domain -> another_acc
In System/Administration/Users and Groups, my user account properties-user privilegies, the Administer the system is checked (only Send and receive fax and Use tape drives are unchecked).But when I try to run the KDE partition manager, it warns me that I don't have administrative privilegies, so I will not be able to apply changes.
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chmod go-rwx ~
sudo chmod go-rwx ~
but when i pull up
ls -l ~
It is still showing permission in the g and o column.
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Code:
sudo ls -l
USER@SERVER:/var$ sudo password for USER:
USER is not in the sudoers file. this incident will be reported.
USER@SERVER:/var$
I accidentally promoted my initial account to admin and now I want to revert it but I don't remember the specific initial user privileges.So there are 2 questions:
1) First, is it safe to "downgrade" the account, logging in with another one? In general what's the best way to do it?
2) Could someone enter Administration->Users and Groups->[select initial account]->
Advanced Settings->User Privileges and list the privileges that are on by default?
I repeat I want the privileges of the initial account, which I suspect are above those of basic users (that are added later) and below admin...
All of as now the add-to-panel item that via it you can shutdown the PC without the need of typing any password to gain root privileges.
How is this possible? I know that fro default the login screen is run by root but how do this app sends the signal to the login-screen to shutdown?
I mean, this app is run without root privileges by me, the simple user, and when clicked the PC shutdowns via a signal from this app to the login screen....
How can I call this signal to an app of mine?
When I mount a drive to my computer (USB) it gives permission only to root. I have tried changing permissions using chown -R but this has not worked. I am not able to create folders on the drive or edit anything in any way. Is there a way for me to change the permissions or get into the folder as root?
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Status: Connecting to
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Response: 220 My FTP Server
Command: USER rLLZORS
[Code]....
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Guest still has access to root and is still allowed to perform actions in various critical areas (deleting files from for example my Windows 7 partition). This I also want to prevent. I was thinking to set each directory's permissions to Owner and Group only and remove Others access.My questions:
1. Will this have any undesirable impact (programs of main user accounts not able to access certain directories)? For guest user I don't care as long as internet works.
2. When I start User Manager and disable for Guest all options except "access internet" (so I also disable access to CDROM), the guest can still access the CDROM. Does this mean the User Settings menu has no effect or is overruled by something?
I just installed this floppy drive in my computer and I can view files on floppy disks but I can not add files to a disk, formating will not work. All the privileges and ownership are set as root and I can not change them. (But I physically own it) Here is what the privileges are set for:
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I get really annoyed when I am in command line or doing a big purge of software and I have to enter my root password every minute or so.
How to change the length my elevated privileges are up?