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neogen
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 Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:26 pm Post subject: problem with sudo, plz help [solved] |
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hi i've just emerge sudo, and well im having problem using it,
when i do: | Code: | | sudo shutdown -r -t time now |
it ask for a password, then i enter my root, password and it said incorrect password?, then i try entering my normal user password and that dont work either, am i missing something?
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ravensix
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: problem with sudo, plz help |
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| neogen wrote: | hi i've just emerge sudo, and well im having problem using it,
when i do: | Code: | | sudo shutdown -r -t time now |
it ask for a password, then i enter my root, password and it said incorrect password?, then i try entering my normal user password and that dont work either, am i missing something? |
did you add your user in /etc/sudoers ?
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neogen
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| i dont think i did, all i did was install the sudo and try to use it as a normal user, so how would i set up normal user to used 'sudo'? |
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ravensix
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| neogen wrote: | | i dont think i did, all i did was install the sudo and try to use it as a normal user, so how would i set up normal user to used 'sudo'? |
I just put
in my /etc/sudoers file, replace dan with your users name. then when it asks for your password, it is your users password, not roots.
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pjp
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Other Things Gentoo.
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neogen
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| thankx ravensix, its working now. |
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syg00
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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I got sick of all the typing - make an alias for it.
I set up a couple - "down" and "reboot". |
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