How could we allow non-root users to control a systemd service?
With sysvinit, a sudoers entry like this would suffice:
not-root-user
How to allow non-superusers to mount any filesystem?
Is it possible to allow some particular users (e.g. members of a group) to mount any filesystem without superuser privileges on Linux?
Samba mount with password prompt as non-root user
I want to mount a password-protected SMB share (served by a Windows machine). The share is protected by a user name and password, and I may not write the password in a file, I want to be prompted for the password at mount time.
How to achieve the effect of chroot in userspace in Linux (without being root)?
The goal is to install and run programs in a displaced (relocated) distro (whose / must not coincide with the global /) inside a host Linux system. The programs are not adapted for using a different / .
Is there a linux vfs tool that allows bind a directory in different location (like mount –bind) in user space?
For a user process, I want to mount a directory in other location but in user space without root privilieges. Something like mount –bind /origin /dest, but with a vfs wrapper. Like a usermode fine-tuned chroot.
Installing a .deb package in home directory
Is it possible to install a .deb package completely under my home directory at debian?
How to “jail” a process without being root?
Were I root, I could simply create a dummy user/group, set file permissions accordingly and execute the process as that user. However I am not, so is there any way to achieve this without being root?
Bluetooth LE scan as non root?
To perform a scan for bluetooth LE devices hcitool apparently requires root privileges. For normal users the output is following: