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What is the best way to add a user to the sudoer group?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

So far I have found four different ways to add a user to the sudoers group and not all methods work in all systems.
Why so many different implementations?
What is the best?
What is the standard (i.e. work in most systems)?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags sudo Leave a comment

Why does sudo -i not set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for the target user?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is necessary for systemctl --user to work.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags pam, ssh, sudo, systemd Leave a comment

What mechanism prevents any user from accessing any other user’s files via root?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

On a multi-user system, what protects against any user accessing any other users files via root? As context, the question is based on my understanding as follows:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags permissions, su, sudo, users Leave a comment

How can I cd into a directory as root?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

Let’s say there’s a directory that I don’t have the privileges to access. Obviously sudo cd foo won’t work, because cd is a shell builtin in every shell ever.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags bash, cd-command, sudo Leave a comment
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