Sometimes I start editing configuration files in /etc using Vim, but forget to use sudo to start Vim. The inevitable result then is that after finishing my edits I encounter the dreaded notice that I don’t have the permission to save the file.
The /etc/sudoers file lists which users can do what with the sudo command The root user creates and modifies the /etc/sudoers file. This concept is difficult for me to understand. If all users having sudo privilage belong to sudoers group, then all of them can become root by giving the sudo su command. Then who … Read more
I have a remote host,
previously I can ssh into it with root and password
What security risk is posed by not requiring this to have root privileges? The GUI provides a way for any user to shut off or restart, so why do the terminal commands need to be run as root?
When I try to shutdown the computer from a command line or terminal I must have root privileges:
When you setup a new Ubuntu or OS X installation a user is generally created for you. On OS X it is whatever username you pick. On Ubuntu (the server version) usually the ubuntu user is created.
I have been wondering how this is possible (i.e. how this works internally). When you want to mount a directory you have to be root.
I’m currently using Debian 7 Wheezy, and I’ve noticed that the colors palette on terminal (which might be useful to identify among a large set of files and folders) are not enabled once I log as root.
I was thinking that it might be advantageous to have a user with permissions higher than the root user.
Can root kill init process (the process with pid 1)? What would be its consequences?