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How can I access my root directory to save file in ```/etc/environment/``` [duplicate]
while setting up java-jkd-22,
I write the code sudo gedit /etc/environment/ in terminal,
after authentication,
I am getting this message
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
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How to use setfacl for adding the same permission
I found the setfacl from this link:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39397548/how-to-give-non-root-user-in-docker-container-access-to-a-volume-mounted-on-the
sudo setfacl -m u:$(id -u):rwx -R /some/...
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Installed thonny using sudo but can't run from desktop
Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
kubuntu 22.04
I downloaded the thonny bash script from thonny git.
from terminal i typed sudo bash thonny-4.1.4.bash
it installed fine.
If I run in terminal sudo /root/apps/thonny/...
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sudo su gets hung in Ubuntu 20.04
When trying to run the sudo su command it gets hung. If I press Ctrl zz then after 2 minutes it goes to sudo. When I checked the permissions, it is OK and there is no output from it.
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How do I call an executable as root without the need of using sudo?
I've created an app that also uses TPM for signing/encryption/decryption (with the tss2-fapi library)... But I am a newbie when it comes to Linux (Ubuntu) permissions. Now, when I am running the app I ...
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Cannot run bash script Cisco Anyconnect. "Sorry, you need user privileges to run this script." When executing as root
For work i need to install Cisco Anyconnect and i can't get it to install due to a rights issue. I have everything set up, i think correctly. I'm following this instruction.
After step 8 (executing ...
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nautilus: error while loading shared libraries: libtracker-data.so: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
First, I cannot open my file and recycle bin icon, when I click on it, it just loads and then two seconds later there's no response.
I tried to run nautilus in the terminal. It then prompts with the ...
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Setting Default 666 Permissions for Specific File Types (.xlms, .png .pdf...) in Linux Using ColdFusion
I am working on a project using ColdFusion on a Linux system, and I need to programmatically set default permissions (666) for files with specific extensions (.pdf, .xlsx, .png, .html, .zip).
Despite ...
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Fix changing all files permissions to default user in ubuntu [duplicate]
I accidentally ran the command
sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu .
while i was in the root directory.
Now every single files user and group has changed to the Ubuntu user and group. And none of the ...
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How to change permissions (chmod)?
I have created a folder not in /home but on other volume which is free (eventually I'd like to share the folder via Samba).
I have found the path:
/media/xduser/kingstone
I did:
cd /media/xduser/...
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Common admin commands?
I usually work with administrator access privileges on my Ubuntu workstations. On a new machine, I've recently been offered only a normal user account; and asked to provide a list of admin-level ...
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How to grant full access to any new folders/files/subfolders created in a specific folder?
I have granted full access to a folder as follows:
sudo chmod 777 -R /media/sharedfolder
However when a new subfolder is created by User A, that subfolder is not accessible by other users. How can I ...
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Want to execute a script irrespective of the directory where this script is present or html file is present
Actually my script is present under the path /home/user/bin/script.sh and when I run the above script named as script.sh, the script will show html file in Firefox web page.
But the problem here is ...
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no file in the directory
i just started using unix for my university (i have 0 prior knowledge on programming so bear with me if isay something stupid) and it wont find my file this is what i did so far:
nano (filename).sh
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Visual studio code cannot edit files on samba shared folder
I got some problems with my samba service, when I mount shared folder from command line on Ubuntu using this:
sudo mount -t cifs -o user=$USER,uid=ubuntu-user,gid=ubuntu-user //ip-address/samba-folder ...
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starship cannot access/edit starship.toml
Whenever I try to import a starship.toml file by typing
starship preset tokyo-night -o ~/.config/starship.toml
I get the following error:
Error writing preset to file: Permission denied (os error 13)
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Howto change the permission of a directory to root?
Howto change the permission of a directory to root: /mnt/sda9?
I tried it with gksudo, but it says "you're not propriertary."
The following commands...
gksudo nautilus /mnt
sudo chown user:...
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Can we prevent a command from being executed for root in Linux?
There is this script that is difficult to read and debug.
Somewhere in it, it has commands like this:
sudo chmod -R 777 /$some_var/$another_var
In other words, it creates a path dynamically, and then ...
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sudoers.d file not working for a non-sudo user using three commands without password
I want username steamy, a non-sudo user, to execute three commands (i.e., systemctl start|stop|restart factorio) without entering a password.
I am using sudoers.d file called factorio:
$ sudo ls -l /...
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How to make the current working directory be highlighted in color? [duplicate]
my ns-3 is installed inside the source folder i.e., home/my_username/source/ns-3.39, when I try to ls inside the ns-3.39 directory, it gives:
ls: cannot open directory '.': Permission denied
So I have ...
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How to fix "chmod" permissions after running "chmod 222 /bin/chmod"?
I ran chmod 222 /bin/chmod to know more about chmod. After that, when I run /bin/chmod, I get permission denied.
I tried to change the permissions of chmod back to 755, but it doesn't work.
Does ...
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Bash script issue: can create User but password is not being set correctly
in my ubuntu 22.04 server I created a bash script that setups my server to serve laravel apps, one of the steps I do is:
Downloading mysql
Creating a non-root user,
Grant all privileges to non-root ...
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AppImageLauncher stuck at 'Watching directories' when trying to run eDEX-UI AppImage
I recently installed eDEX-UI on my Ubuntu system using the AppImage format. However, when I attempted to run the AppImage from the terminal using the command sudo appimagelauncherd eDEX-UI-Linux-...
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Allow user to run specific commands
How do I enable a user to run specific sudo commands without the need to type a password?
I already tried the following:
I have a script /usr/local/bin/perform-update with the rights -rwxr-xr-x 1 root ...
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How to enable a non root user to substitute the file /etc/hosts by cp command, without the sudo command?
On my lubuntu 22.04 I need to change the file /etc/hosts. To do that I would to execute the command:
> /usr/bin/cp /path/to/new_hosts /etc/hosts
by a non root user without the sudo command. To do ...
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I made a mistake with chown command
i was tried to run a command sudo chown -R $USER:$USER . in a specific folder, but i pressed the button / instead of .
I canceled the command before it ended, but it certainly changed the owner of ...
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Use 1.0 TB volume device owned by root, how to add files and folders?
I have a formatted (was windows) 2 TB SSD with Ubuntu 22.04 installed. No Windows on this drive. There was a formatted 1 TB drive on the PC when Ubuntu was installed. No windows on this drive. I ...
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How to add a user in only particular directory and no permission to another directory linux
My Root access is /Var/www/html
and i create giz folder under html and i need a access for this particular folder for jslpsgiz user
and this user can not accessing in other path and folder.
Path /var/...
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Zeek 'command not found: zeekctl'
I installed zeek on Ubuntu, I did this previously on a previous install; but even though I go to the directory /opt/zeek to initiate and run zeek with the command 'zeekctl start', but I am prompted ...
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Ownership Issue with wordpress group and user Server and SFTP
First off, thanks to all of you being so supportive in this Forum. I came here to resolve many problems already posted by the community. Today I am reaching out to you because I am noticing an odd ...
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How to give permission to my current user
so basically i want to able to write data using stfp but when I use it. it says permission denied. I want to be able to do it in this directory /home/user so when I use ls -l command it has following ...
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Virtualbox VBoxManage show only results with sudo many info inside what I already tried in other post?
When I run this als normal user :
VBoxManage list runningvms
No results, also no error output, its compleet empty ....
When I run this with sudo :
sudo VBoxManage list runningvms
is see my VM is ...
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Shell script runs manually, but not with cron
In my sudo crontab, edited with sudo crontab -e, I have:
# m h dom mon dow command
40 4 * * * /bin/bash /usr/bin/verify-miab-backup.sh
That script is:
#!/bin/bash
echo `date` > /home/mythbuntu/...
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Ubuntu/opt directory permission denied issue [duplicate]
Ubuntu Newbie here!
I am currently trying to install OpenFoam 10 in my machine, and need to edit the bashrc file located in Ubuntu/opt/openfoam/etc. Anytime I try to manually open the file and edit it ...
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Why do I not have permission to run this mpic command?
I'm very bad with the command line and have just downloaded Ubuntu (in the microsoft store) yesterday. I'm trying to compile and run a cpp file with a specific command. I'm logged in as a non-root ...
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How do I give a .cpp file to my new user
I'm trying to run a .cpp file on Ubuntu. I'm on a Windows computer and downloaded Ubuntu from the microsoft store. Problem is, I couldn't safely run my program on my root (reasons dont matter) and had ...
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Bash Permission denied error
I get the following error when i enter the command:
printf '#!/bin/bash\nxvfb-run -a --server-args="-screen 0, 1024x768x24" /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf -q $*' > /usr/bin/newwkhtmltopdf.sh
bash:...
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Difference between executing .sh/.bash program with sh/bash and executing it directly [duplicate]
If we have a program start.sh, we can execute it with the sh start.sh. But we could execute it giving permission with chmod and run ./start.sh in the command line. What is the difference between those ...
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Can te root user access all directories and folders?
Aŕe there files that the root user can't access, because earlier i was using the "du" comand and some files could not be accessed due to permissions
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Can no longer use private key to SSH into Oracle Cloud server
This started yesterday after I attempted to execute an SCP command to send a tarball file I had created on my VM to my local machine, it came up with a text block informing me that the address was ...
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Unable to clone GitHub private repo "Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read > from remote repository" [duplicate]
I asked for help on stackoverflow and I was told it is more than likely a Ubuntu problem and was recommended to ask here.
I'm trying to clone a private git repo to my web folder on Ubuntu. I've ...
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Terminal not displaying directory, commands executing instantly when pasted; arrow up ==> ^[[A [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS.
I created the user "dom" when I first set up Ubuntu. From then, I created another user, named "schule" that also had sudo rights. Here is how I ...
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Terminal Output Redirected to another user's terminal
I wanted to know if it would be possible to redirect the output of my terminal into another user's (that is part of my group) terminal.
For example, I would like to be able to execute this command :
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In terminal I get a ">" symbol when I try to copy a large video screen capture to my external SSD
I use Lubuntu 22.04 LTS on a laptop (ext4) and I have an external 1TB Samsung T7 SSD-drive attached to it, also formatted in ext4.
I did record a video screen capture which resulted in a 4.3 GB .mkv ...
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$PATH - No such file or directory (but all files and directories exist)
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and at first when I was attempting to use a script that would do the following:
. ~/.bashrc
conda activate {env}
I would receive an error that conda init needs to be ...
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how to us the chown command and mv with find command
I have been searching around and found this question which almost solved my problem. The goal is to have a folder on Ubuntu server which other computers connect to and save files. I have two ...
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scp: How to change ownership of folder and files while transferring files
When I transfer folder with files from srv1 with the username srv1 to srv2 with the username srv2 then the transferred folder and its containing files on srv2 are keeping the ownership srv1
scp -r /...
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What is the command to copy the contents of "/media/sf_Shared_Folder/myfolder/" to "/var/www/myfolder"?
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and I have a folder full of files in /media/sf_Shared_Folder/myfolder/. I want to copy the contents of this folder to /var/www/myfolder.
I prefer to use the GUI, however I keep ...
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permission will not change on sd card file
I have a shell script I want to make executable on an SD card. I have changed the folder permissions to my user/group. no problems there. when I issue the command chmod a+x script.sh then check the ...
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how to open a folder in terminal in nautilus (with root privilege) ubuntu 22.04
Under the nautilus without root privilege, we can press Ctrl+F10 or right click to bring the popup manual to open a specific folder in terminal.
However, it is troublesome to get sudo in the terminal ...
