I am trying to get a vpn setup. I thought logging in with su - might have been a problem. When I run the following command with a root terminal it is looking in my home directory: root@crunchbang:/etc/openvpn/vpn_book# lsof|grep openvpn lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/joe/.gvfs
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:05:33 -0600 Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca> wrote: > That error you posted can actually be ignored. Generally > stackexchange has high quality answers. > > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/171519/lsof-warning-cant-stat-fuse-gvfsd-fuse-file-system > > As for the "right" way, both of the options you listed will work > pretty much as expected. sudo -i allows customization in > the /etc/sudoers file, while the "su -" variant simply loads the > system environment. Out of the box they should be the same. On > multi-user systems I actually prevent "sudo su -" from working, and > define lists of applications that certain users/groups can use sudo > for. Both sudo -i and su are extremely dangerous. > > Generally I avoid running a shell as root, so I tend to just use sudo > <command>, and sudoedit <restricted file>. This has the advantage of > an audit trail, so if I screw up I can usually figure out how and > where. > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca> > wrote: > > > Why not just use sudo to run lsof? > > > > sudo lsof |grep openvpn > > > > If you are looking for listening ports, then: > > sudo lsof -i |grep openvpn > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Joe S <joes...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > >> I am wondering if someone can tell me the right way to get a root > >> shell through sudo. I tried the following commands: > >> sudo su - > >> sudo -i > >> > >> Then tried the following command and got this warning: > >> > >> lsof|grep openvpn > >> lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file > >> system /home/joe/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. > >> > >> It looks like Linux is looking in the wrong directory for info. I > >> have read that the correct way to do this was sudo su - > >> This would use root's environment and home directory. > >> > >> Looking on the Net is confusing as I get conflicting advice between > >> this. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> clug-talk@clug.ca > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
