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tone33
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 Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: what happened to sudo? |
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I'm running KDE 3.5.9 and when I open Konsole and
doesn't work. I think I need to add /sbin/ifconfig to my path - how do i do that?
I also notice that if i su to root first it then works, but if I try do it in one line like this it doesnt
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barbar
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| All files in /sbin are owned by root. ifconfig is not to be executed by any other user than root. To run ifconfig either open a konsole as root. You can also use sudo. |
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tone33
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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ah ok. but this doesn't work:
| Code: | tone@desktop-gentoo ~ $ sudo ifconfig
bash: sudo: command not found
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avx
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, sudo isn't installed by default, so are you really sure, you've got it installed? If not `emerge app-admin/sudo` and configure it properly. |
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tone33
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| ok understood. I'm still a noob so still learning some basic things. Question: why would i want to install sudo when i can just use su? |
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avx
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Question: why would i want to install sudo when i can just use su? |
Well, for one, you can configure it so that you don't need to enter your root-pwd for all/certain task - can be handy, but can also be a security-risk.
If you're the only user and "su" isn't too much hassle for you, I'd just stay with it. On the other hand, if there are also some other users and you want them to be able to do some tasks only root is allowed to, sudo is surely better than putting anyone in group wheel. |
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tone33
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:42 am Post subject: |
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| ok, thanks for the clarification. I'll just stick with su. no need for sudo. It came preinstalled with ubuntu, which is about the extent of my previous linux experience at this point. |
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ppurka
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:51 am Post subject: |
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Since you want to use su, you will need to use it like this:
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jonnevers
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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in the case of ifconfig, specifically, as a normal user just use the full path
| Code: | | /sbin/ifconfig eth0 |
its not in your PATH bacause it shouldn't be but a user can execute the command. |
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<3
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd highly recommend reading the gentoo sudo(ers) guide it gives a short explaination of what sudo is and how to properly configure it. |
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