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The sudo command is a program for Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems that allows a user to run programs with the security privileges of another user (normally the superuser, or root). The name is an abbreviation for "substitute user do" (as in, do a command as if started by another user).

The sudo command is a program for Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems that allows a user to run programs with the security privileges of another user (normally the superuser, or root). The name is an abbreviation for "substitute user do" (as in, do a command as if started by another user).

Unlike the su command, users typically supply their own password to sudo rather than the root password. After authentication, and if the /etc/sudoers configuration file permits the user access, then the system will invoke the requested command.

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How to deploy WordPress with Capistrano on shared host without sudo

In the pursuit of a more professional WordPress dev and deployment environment I am trying to use Capistrano to deploy from my local dev environment to staging and production servers but I can't quite get it to work. I am on Site5 shared hosting and…
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How can I make a Bash script that sudo's all by itself in OS X on a standard account, assuming I know the root password?

Okay, for reasons I won't get into (because they're rather silly), I need to make a shell script that will enable SSH on OS X every, say, 10 seconds. Yes, I know it sounds silly/pointless, but there is a reason. Just for clarification, I know the…
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run command as root via php

I have a php script which contains su. when I run it in shell it ask for root password and works well. but now I want make an interface for it. as you know all command in php-apache runs as www-data user and this user doesn't have specified password…
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to append text to "/root/.profile"

I want to append some text to a privileged file /root/.profile. I used following scripts to do so. sudo echo "blabla" >> /root/.profile it still complains with permission denied. What is the right way to do so? I am using bash4 on ubuntu12.04
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Most pythonic way of running a single command with sudo rights

I have a python script which is performing some nagios configuration. The script is running as a user which has full sudo rights (the user can run any command with sudo, without password prompt). The final step in the configuration is…
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rsync proxy not working even though RSYNC_PROXY set

I'm behind a http proxy and a wanna update macports using sudo port selfupdate. But it always fails with the following output: $ sudo port -d selfupdate DEBUG: Copying /Users/simon/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist to…
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php to call a shell script

purpose: use php to input commands directly into the minecraft server console Im trying to use a php script (run from browser) to exec() a shell script. when i run the php from a terminal it works! But in the browser, nothing happens. exec('sudo -u…
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python subprocess as normal user

I have a script that needs to be run as a super user: $ sudo ./python-script.py Within this script, I do some other things that do not require super user privileges. $ os.mkdir('somefolder') What is the best/most efficient way of creating the…
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Gnome, show authentication dialog

I am writing a GUI application using Qt. I am I want to use super-user/root privileges to run a terminal command inside my GUI application. My application is not started as super-user/root. Using gksu on Ubuntu and kdesu on KDE-based distributions,…
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JSch: sudo sometimes not working

I have three machines and I need to ssh to them one by one, and then sudo a command. I need the JSch to do the following things: ssh @ sudo This is the code block how I use to run JSch: String homeFolder =…
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Executing a shell script that requires sudo from a web app

Given that the web application doesn't have su privileges, I'd like to execute a shell script that requires sudo. I'd also like to avoid having the user input the password. What are my options? This is basically what I'm trying to do. Wicket…
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Eclipse-CDT: How do I handle permission denied errors opening sockets?

My program opens a socket on port 80, but if I don't run it as root (with sudo) then it fails to open the socket with a permission error. This means my application doesn't work when I launch it in the debugger. So: Can I tell Eclipse-CDT somehow to…
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PHP: List root's crontab with sudo

Using PHP I would like to be able to list root's crontab. I am able to run the following command as the Apache user from the command line and get the desired result: sudo crontab -l however, in my PHP I have the following command which does not…
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Run a particular process without using sudo

I understand my question is not that clear so let me try explaining it here. What I am trying to do is suspend my computer after completing a certain task. My script: #my logic or task(Downloading a file)# cmd = shlex.split("sudo pm-suspend") >>>…
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sudo using PATH ahead of fully qualified executable

I ran into a problem that I've never seen before and can't exactly explain. I was helping someone run a perl based install on a RedHad 4.6 zLinux and running under sudo seemed to grab the system perl rather than the fully qualified perl…
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