how to create non root account on Colab?

Question

I have some packages from Ubuntu that cannot be installed as root account which is the default on Colab.

I have tried the following:

!sudo useradd -m ted
!passwd ted (set the new password)
!su ted

This generates an error: sh: 0: can't access tty; job control turned off

I am not a linux person so I am not sure what does that mean.

It's related to gem bundler: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40385493/how-to-run-bundle-install-as-normal-user — user2471214, Jul 24 '19 at 17:28

Rajan saha Raju · Answer 1 · 2020-08-05T08:04:48.797

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Don't forget to use ! in google colab.

Add a newuser:

adduser username 
usermod -aG sudo username

Switch user:

su username

Installing package:

sudo -S apt install pkg_name

edited Aug 05 '20 at 08:04

answered Aug 04 '20 at 14:11

Rajan saha Raju

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On the adduser command, the colab just stalls and does not continue after 'Adding new user `username' (1000) with group `username' ...' – Joseph Turian Aug 10 '22 at 11:58
Instead I did: ! sudo useradd -m username ! sudo adduser username sudo – Joseph Turian Aug 10 '22 at 12:05

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '20 at 01:04

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You just can type the command without the sudo part like this !adduser tedand it will work Then switch to the new user by !su ted then a textbox will appear in it u can write your commands

answered Mar 21 '20 at 01:04

lofy

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 15 '23 at 09:10

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I just used the commands !adduser username and then !su username.

Also type in the commands in the prompt you get after doing this (not in the new notebook cell).

edited Mar 15 '23 at 09:10

william3031

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answered Mar 08 '23 at 20:36

Vasundhara Acharya

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how to create non root account on Colab?

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