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Why does sudo command not work in Windows 10?
But the equivalent command run using sudo doesn’t work: This is just one example, all commands using sudo fail for permission reasons. I’m assuming because I can write using normal permissions that it’s not an issue with the file system being read-only.
Why does Sudo visudo fail for permission reasons?
This is just one example, all commands using sudo fail for permission reasons. I’m assuming because I can write using normal permissions that it’s not an issue with the file system being read-only. It’s also not limited to file writes, commands like “sudo visudo” will fail for permission reasons as well.
Can a sudo command ask for a pass?
It’s really not that time consuming, and unless you close your terminal after each command, sudo will not ask for your pass for a while after you have authenticated). You could install/activate the ‘su’ command and configure the shell to run it on startup.
Why do I need to make another Sudo account?
SUDO is not there to make things compicated. Only reason to make another root account (wether home directory is /root/ or custom directory i.e. /home/root2/) is that there is two administratos in system who does not wish to share one root password. Otherwise, use sudo.
What to do if sudo group is missing a line?
If this line is missing, users in the sudo group will not be sudoers. Edit the file using visudo command (checks for correct synthax and locks the file). Replace root with your username, reboot, and try if it works.
Who is the user not in the sudoers file?
supersecretuser is the user we setup when doing the Ubuntu install. Since you error message says your user is not in the sudoers file, could you please check your /etc/sudoers file, see if there is such a line: If this line is missing, users in the sudo group will not be sudoers.
Is the sudo binary Suid root in Ubuntu?
In this case, the root user has the permission of the ‘other’ catagory as its permissions on the NFS mount are as the user nobody/nobody and not the root user. work? Is the sudo binary SUID root?
What’s the difference between root and Sudo privileges?
When you ran sudo -s, you were given a UID of 1, while the only UID that the kernel will recognize as having root privileges is UID 0. and see if any entries have that 0 in their first numeric field, the UID. Whatever account that is is the real superuser on the system, while root is a fake. Once you know the name, you can try