I have device file that appears in /dev when a specific board is plugged in. The read and write operations to it work just fine, but in order to open the device file the program needs to be executed with root priveledges. Is there any way I can all a non-root user to open this one specific device file without having to use sudo?
This is what I’d like to be able to do:
Some of my Linux & FreeBSD systems have dozens of users. Staff will use these “ssh gateway” nodes to SSH into other internal servers.
I am running an Ubuntu 12.04 desktop system. So far I have only installed some programs (I have sudo rights).
When adding a new user, how is the string validated?
I was browsing through some Linux questions and saw this interesting question.
I’m building a headless Steam gameserver which utilises Steam in-home streaming to let two people play at the same time. The multiseat part of the setup is done and functional, but getting it to work wireless is quite troublesome.
My question is how to get the user name on the shell, who is currently using the Linux desktop (on a “normal” desktop system, where you usually only have one active user, i.e. no server system here, but just your usual Laptop etc.). If you really want to imagine a server system, I would be … Read more
Mint 18.2 64b Cinnamon 3.4.3 This is running in a VM on my machine so I’m not worried about login security. I’ve been looking around on the Mint forums and only found a lot of threads about troubleshooting problems with autologin. The setting is not in the Login Window settings screen. The setting is not … Read more
The sys-apps/shadow package on my GNU / Linux system comes with a useradd command that supports an option that I have previously overlooked: --non-unique. For the sake of convenience when shellig home from the university, I have created an alias for my original username (casual name at home) thusly: