Top "Sudo" questions

The sudo command is a program for Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems that allows a user to run programs with the security privileges of another user (normally the superuser, or root).

Changing ownership of ‘/usr/bin/’: Operation not permitted

I have just made a huge mistake by changing the owner of my /usr/bin from root to an ordinary …

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ubuntu sudo chown
sudo nohup nice <-- in what order?

So I have a script that I want to run as root, without hangup and nicely. What order should I …

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bash unix sudo nohup nice
SSH Error - standard in must be a TTY

I'm trying to run the following command: ssh -i FILENAME.pem [email protected].…

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amazon-web-services amazon-ec2 sudo su
Capistrano using sudo even with "set :use_sudo, false"

I do not wish to use sudo for any of my remotely executed commands via Capistrano. Specifically, when I run …

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ruby-on-rails-3 capistrano sudo rvm-capistrano
Unable to bind to port 80, but running on the current shell works without any issues

I get the following error while trying to run "cap production unicorn:start" F, [2013-07-12T04:36:18.134045 #28998] FATAL -- : error …

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ruby-on-rails capistrano sudo unicorn rvm-capistrano
I can't restart my dnsmasq service, so my fog server won't work

I have a fog server set up in work, every now and then our useless internet fails and I have …

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linux ubuntu sudo fog dnsmasq
On OS X El Capitan I can not upgrade a python package dependent on the six compatibility utilities NOR can I remove six

I am trying to use scrape, but I have a problem. from six.moves import xmlrpc_client as xmlrpclib ImportError: …

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python macos sudo six
Ansible 2.1.0 using become/become_user fails to set permissions on temp file

I have an ansible 2.1.0 on my server, where I do deployment via vagrant and on PC too. The role "deploy" …

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git vagrant ansible sudo ansible-2.x
RVM and thin, root vs. local user

So I'm trying to get thin to run as a service with RVM. After a thin install I manually updated /…

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ruby sudo bundler rvm thin
How to get rid off - sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must be only be writable by owner sudo: fatal error, unable to load plugins

I am trying to configure apache2 with cgi (python). For that, I have to change permissions of some folders and …

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apache2 cgi ubuntu-12.04 sudo sudoers