Sudo on Windows is not as good as it claims to be.
The new sudo command on Windows is not as good as it seems, not compared to Linux.
The new sudo command on Windows is not as good as it seems, not compared to Linux.
Microsoft is adding sudo to Windows 11 and Windows 12. This is an interesting development.
How to set up and use the sudoreplay system on an Ubuntu server and then record all sudo usage for later examination. This could be very useful to a systems admin.
If you want to be able to use the sudo command in Debian to do superuser tasks as your normal user, then you need to edit the /etc/sudoers file to be able to perform administrator tasks as a normal user with sudo. Add the user lovecraft to the sudoers file like this. lovecraft ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALLlovecraft … Read more
To add a lecture that appears when sudo is run to remind a user to be careful, just run the sudo visudo command and add these two lines to the /etc/sudoers file. Defaults lecture="always" Defaults lecture_file="/root/lecture"Defaults lecture="always" Defaults lecture_file="/root/lecture" Save the file and then add this text to the /root/lecture file. root@Yog-Sothoth:~# cat lecture 1) … Read more
This is how to have a custom lecture appear each time a user executes the sudo command to remind them to be careful with it. Run the visudo command as root and add these lines to the /etc/sudoers file. Defaults lecture="always" Defaults lecture_file="/home/jason/lecture"Defaults lecture="always" Defaults lecture_file="/home/jason/lecture" Then create the /home/jason/lecture file and put this in … Read more
Add a user to the sudoers file on Linux easily If you need to add your user on a Linux system to the /etc/sudoers file, this is how to do it properly. I am adding a new UNIX user to my system. This user will have sudo access. jason@darkstar:~$ sudo adduser adler Adding user `adler’ … Read more
Setting up the normal user account on Debian GNU/Linux to use sudo Setting up your normal user account on Debian to use the sudo command instead of the su command is very simple. This is the contents of my /etc/sudoers file. This line: neo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALLneo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL Is the one that defines our normal … Read more
The visudo command for Linux allows a user to edit the sudoers file and change permissions for users on the system. Open the sudoers file this way. NEVER edit it with a standard text editor. ┌─[jason@neo]─[~] └──╼ $su Password: root@neo:/home/jason# visudo┌─[jason@neo]─[~] └──╼ $su Password: root@neo:/home/jason# visudo This is the result of my editing. I have … Read more
If you are starting Firefox from a terminal window where you have specified the proxy settings, and you have the use system proxy settings option ticked, you will not need to set the proxy within Firefox. That is a very cool tip indeed. If you need to set the proxy before using apt, you will … Read more
This is how to rerun a previous command with sudo if you forgot the sudo command to elevate privileges. Here I have tried to cat a file and I have forgotten to elevate my privileges with the sudo command. homer@calculate ~ $ cat /etc/shadow cat: /etc/shadow: Permission deniedhomer@calculate ~ $ cat /etc/shadow cat: /etc/shadow: Permission … Read more
How to add a user to the sudoers file to allow them to use the sudo command. The /etc/sudoers file contains definitions of all the users that are allowed to use superuser privileges on Linux to perform various tasks as an administrator. This is how to add a user to this file to allow them … Read more
This is one way to switch to a root prompt. This will ask for your users password and then give you a root prompt. homer@deep-thought ~ $ sudo -i [sudo] password for homer: deep-thought ~ #homer@deep-thought ~ $ sudo -i [sudo] password for homer: deep-thought ~ # This is another method using the sudo command … Read more
The visudo command is used on Linux systems to edit the /etc/sudoers file; this ensures that there are no errors before the changes are written to the actual file. As you can see below; I have added my user homer to the sudoers file. This allows me to run commands with sudo; but will still … Read more
Do you ever wish that you could enable the su command on Linux Mint 13 or Ubuntu? Well read on and you will learn how to accomplish this. By default the sudo command is used to run a command as the superuser; this command is controlled by the /etc/sudoers. This is what the file looks … Read more