Thanks a million guys!! It is up and going now. Joshua <joshw8...@gmail.com>
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:41 PM, <debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org > wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2017 : > Issue 1201 > > Today's Topics: > Gnome desktop almost totally unrespo [ "James H. H. Lampert" > <jamesl@touch ] > Re: Sync two disks and hot swap [ Dominik George < > n...@naturalnet.de> ] > Re: Gnome desktop almost totally unr [ Roberto > =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=2E_S=E1nch ] > Re: Sync two disks and hot swap [ Michael Stone <mst...@debian.org> > ] > Reproducible bug [ Laurent Lyaudet > <laurent.lyaudet@gm ] > Re: Ethernet card locking up when ac [ Andrew W < > andrewjamesw...@ymail.com ] > Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firef [ davidson <david...@freevolt.org> > ] > Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firef [ Greg Wooledge < > wool...@eeg.ccf.org> ] > Re: Reproducible bug [ Roberto > =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=2E_S=E1nch ] > Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firef [ davidson <david...@freevolt.org> > ] > Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firef [ davidson <david...@freevolt.org> > ] > Re: Anyone using stretch/buster/sid [ Adrian Bunk <b...@debian.org> ] > Re: RAID 5 array with journal device [ deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> ] > Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firef [ Will Mengarini < > sel...@eskimo.com> ] > Re: Handhelds that conviently run De [ deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> ] > sudo [ "Josh W." <joshw8...@gmail.com> > ] > Re: sudo [ Greg Wooledge < > wool...@eeg.ccf.org> ] > Re: sudo [ Will Mengarini < > sel...@eskimo.com> ] > Re: sudo [ <to...@tuxteam.de> ] > Re: sudo [ Tom Furie <t...@furie.org.uk> ] > Re: sudo [ Joe <j...@jretrading.com> ] > > Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:40:22 -0800 > From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jam...@touchtonecorp.com> > To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Gnome desktop almost totally unresponsive in Jessie > Message-ID: <5a034f96.1090...@touchtonecorp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I've got a small problem. On our local Jessie box, the Tomcat and Apache > web servers both seem responsive enough, and I likewise have no trouble > getting and using an SSH session remotely (except that the "find" > command is extremely slow). > > But the Gnome desktop has become almost totally unresponsive. > > I'd rather not restart the box. Any advice on how to deal with this > without restarting the box? > > -- > JHHL > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 19:55:24 +0100 > From: Dominik George <n...@naturalnet.de> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Sync two disks and hot swap > Message-ID: <20171108185523.kqgf6wgri3dnc...@portux.lan.naturalnet.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Hi, > > > Instead, if you just want a disk that has a readable copy of the files, > you > > may find that rsync is more straightforward and can be a lot faster after > > the first time if the volume of changes is a small percentage of the > total. > > Yes, of course. But that would not lead to an identical copy of the > disk, only the files in its filesystem. > > I will choose that way if nothing else comes up in this thread. > > -nik > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 13:55:37 -0500 > From: Roberto =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=2E_S=E1nchez?= <robe...@debian.org> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Gnome desktop almost totally unresponsive in Jessie > Message-ID: <20171108185537.myjohxfczc2t7...@santiago.connexer.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 10:40:22AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > I've got a small problem. On our local Jessie box, the Tomcat and Apache > web > > servers both seem responsive enough, and I likewise have no trouble > getting > > and using an SSH session remotely (except that the "find" command is > > extremely slow). > > > > But the Gnome desktop has become almost totally unresponsive. > > > > I'd rather not restart the box. Any advice on how to deal with this > without > > restarting the box? > > > The output of 'ps aux', 'iostat', and 'free -m' would help identify the > problem. Also, 'cat /proc/mdstat' if you have a RAID setup. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 14:17:08 -0500 > From: Michael Stone <mst...@debian.org> > To: Dominik George <n...@naturalnet.de> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Sync two disks and hot swap > Message-ID: <602667dc-c4b9-11e7-9b6a-00163eeb5...@msgid.mathom.us> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 07:55:24PM +0100, Dominik George wrote: > >Hi, > > > >> Instead, if you just want a disk that has a readable copy of the files, > you > >> may find that rsync is more straightforward and can be a lot faster > after > >> the first time if the volume of changes is a small percentage of the > total. > > > >Yes, of course. But that would not lead to an identical copy of the > >disk, only the files in its filesystem. > > what is the goal in having an identical copy of the disk? > > Mike Stone > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 20:19:11 +0100 > From: Laurent Lyaudet <laurent.lyau...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Reproducible bug > Message-ID: <CAB1LBmvuUnMa0PxPrdend0hNvdECYbacTR6mdkvGq82taqt+bw@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=" > 089e082454e4fd6fd7055d7d8f25" > > --089e082454e4fd6fd7055d7d8f25 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hello, > > I found a reproducible bug in latest stable Debian on my laptop. > My install is up-to-date with latest security updates (that's the first > thing I do anytime I start my laptop). > I'm using Gnome. > > Steps to reproduce on my laptop: > - activate the wifi with upper right screen controls > - repeatedly click on "Activities" in the upper left corner to show the > quick launch bar and click below to hide it. After a few seconds after the > network connection is set, the click on Activities no longer works. After > one minute, it starts working again. > > Note that if I don't activate the wifi, then I can repeatedly click on > "Activities" without triggering the bug. > > When I first installed the latest stable Debian on my laptop, I did not > encounter this bug. > I suppose it is a bug with Gnome but I'm not sure, that's why I'm here. > I wonder why it started happening a few weeks ago. > I think there was the update to X and I also had a crash of Firefox at its > startup because of some recently opened webpage. > Hence I don't know if it's a regression or a malware that causes this. (Yes > I'm a bit parano=C3=AFd but unfortunately, when I was using Ubuntu, before > = > I > switched back to Debian, I have been hacked and lost some files :( .) > > Thank you for the help, best regards, > Laurent Lyaudet > > --089e082454e4fd6fd7055d7d8f25 > Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello,<br><br></div>I > f= > ound a reproducible bug in latest stable Debian on my laptop.<br></div>My > i= > nstall is up-to-date with latest security updates (that's the first > thi= > ng I do anytime I start my laptop).<br></div><div>I'm using > Gnome.<br><= > /div><div><br></div><div>Steps to reproduce on my > laptop:<br></div><div>=C2= > =A0- activate the wifi with upper right screen controls<br></div><div>=C2= > =A0- repeatedly click on "Activities" in the upper left corner > to= > show the quick launch bar and click below to hide it. After a few seconds > = > after the network connection is set, the click on Activities no longer > work= > s. After one minute, it starts working again.<br><br></div><div>Note that > i= > f I don't activate the wifi, then I can repeatedly click on > "Activ= > ities" without triggering the bug.<br></div><div><br></div><div>When > I= > first installed the latest stable Debian on my laptop, I did not > encounter= > this bug.<br></div>I suppose it is a bug with Gnome but I'm not sure, > = > that's why I'm here. <br>I wonder why it started happening a few > we= > eks ago.<br></div>I think there was the update to X and I also had a crash > = > of Firefox at its startup because of some recently opened > webpage.<br></div= > >Hence I don't know if it's a regression or a malware that causes > t= > his. (Yes I'm a bit parano=C3=AFd but unfortunately, when I was using > U= > buntu, before I switched back to Debian, I have been hacked and lost some > f= > iles :( .)<br><br></div>Thank you for the help, best regards,<br></div>=C2= > =A0=C2=A0 Laurent Lyaudet<br></div> > > --089e082454e4fd6fd7055d7d8f25-- > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 19:36:41 +0000 > From: Andrew W <andrewjamesw...@ymail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Ethernet card locking up when acting as virtual bridge > Message-ID: <2a725b62-300f-e57a-a319-3444c9b7a...@ymail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Language: en-GB > > On 08/11/2017 14:59, Christian Seiler wrote: > > > > Is is possible for you to try a static IP on this interface and see > > if that solves your problem? > > > Ive cleared the dhcp on br1 (and not assigned a static, left it with no > IP) and so far its working OK > I will leave it a couple of days and see if it has indeed fixed the problem > Thanks Christian for your comprehensive reply and help. > > Regards > Andrew > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 19:59:00 +0000 (UTC) > From: davidson <david...@freevolt.org> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firefox to close > Message-ID: <alpine.deb.2.10.1711081946540.23...@freevolt.org> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > On 11/07/2017 01:50 PM, Will Mengarini wrote: > >> * Stephen P Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> [17-11/07=Tu 07:20 -0500]: > >>>> I am running Firefox ESR 52.4.0 (64 bit) on my [up-to-date > >>>> Stretch platform. When] I attempt opening Intellicast, > >>>> either with Speeddial or tying the URL, Firefox crashes. > >>>> > >>>> This just started happening yesterday > >>>> and there are no warnings or errors. > > [snipped lots of (well-deserved) web 2.0 hate] > > > I appreciate the replies. > > > > I'm probably going to have to change browsers, although I like the way > the > > Firefox handles Speeddial. > > It is my understanding that fancy package management tools that I > don't use myself (like aptitude, synaptic, etc) can search for > packages that Provide 'www-browser', or for packages with Tag > 'web::browser'. Maybe somebody familiar with such fancy tools can > chime in and explain how to do this. > > Myself, I search for web browser packages like so: > > $ apt-cache search web browser | grep -i 'web.*browser' > > On stretch, main repo only, this returns about 60-odd results with > lots of false positives. > > Out of those results, these are packaged web browsers in stretch main > that I can recall using and not hating: > > uzbl (NB: see /usr/share/doc/uzbl/keybindings.html) > conkeror (haven't used this one since wheezy.) > konqueror (it's been ages since I used it.) > epiphany-browser > surf > lynx (no interpretation of javascript; this has both pros and cons) > > And here are the rest, as far as I can tell: > > chromium (duh. included for completeness) > dillo > edbrowse > firefox-esr (OP wants something else; included for completeness) > iceweasel (duh. included for completeness) > links > links2 > luakit > midori > netsurf, netsurf-fb, netsurf-gtk > hv3 (due to a missing library in debian it lacks javascript support) > xombrero > > Good luck. > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 14:48:34 -0500 > From: Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firefox to close > Message-ID: <20171108194834.xpsr2g24pvyyd...@eeg.ccf.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 07:59:00PM +0000, davidson wrote: > > It is my understanding that fancy package management tools that I > > don't use myself (like aptitude, synaptic, etc) can search for > > packages that Provide 'www-browser', or for packages with Tag > > 'web::browser'. Maybe somebody familiar with such fancy tools can > > chime in and explain how to do this. > > > > Myself, I search for web browser packages like so: > > > > $ apt-cache search web browser | grep -i 'web.*browser' > > What you want is a list of package that "provide" the www-browser > virtual package. The only way I currently know to get this is: > > apt-cache showpkg www-browser | sed '1,/Reverse Provides/d' > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 14:59:05 -0500 > From: Roberto =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=2E_S=E1nchez?= <robe...@debian.org> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Reproducible bug > Message-ID: <20171108195905.ehj4s27qzggux...@santiago.connexer.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 08:19:11PM +0100, Laurent Lyaudet wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I found a reproducible bug in latest stable Debian on my laptop. > > My install is up-to-date with latest security updates (that's the > first > > thing I do anytime I start my laptop). > > I'm using Gnome. > > Steps to reproduce on my laptop: > > - activate the wifi with upper right screen controls > > - repeatedly click on "Activities" in the upper left corner to show > the > > quick launch bar and click below to hide it. After a few seconds > after the > > network connection is set, the click on Activities no longer works. > After > > one minute, it starts working again. > > > > Note that if I don't activate the wifi, then I can repeatedly click on > > "Activities" without triggering the bug. > > This sounds like some sort of network-related time out. Do you have > LDAP authentication, Kerberos, Samba, NFS automounts, etc.? Does it > always happen regardless of what wireless network you connect to? Could > it be the DNS configuration, whether that is the configuration pushed by > the network's DHCP server or an override configuration you are using? > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 20:15:47 +0000 (UTC) > From: davidson <david...@freevolt.org> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firefox to close > Message-ID: <alpine.deb.2.10.1711082003470.23...@freevolt.org> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Wed, 8 Nov 2017, davidson wrote: > > > > Myself, I search for web browser packages like so: > > > > $ apt-cache search web browser | grep -i 'web.*browser' > > > > On stretch, main repo only, this returns about 60-odd results with > > lots of false positives. > > I neglected to mention that this kludge fails to return some packaged > web browsers. w3m and elinks, for example. (And it does return > qupzilla, though I missed seeing it on first glance.) > > So the list is incomplete. > > But seeing as OP had resorted to compiling seamonkey, I thought I'd > throw in two cents for whatever it might be worth. > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 20:26:51 +0000 (UTC) > From: davidson <david...@freevolt.org> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firefox to close > Message-ID: <alpine.deb.2.10.1711082023220.23...@freevolt.org> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Wed, 8 Nov 2017, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 07:59:00PM +0000, davidson wrote: > >> It is my understanding that fancy package management tools that I > >> don't use myself (like aptitude, synaptic, etc) can search for > >> packages that Provide 'www-browser', or for packages with Tag > >> 'web::browser'. Maybe somebody familiar with such fancy tools can > >> chime in and explain how to do this. > >> > >> Myself, I search for web browser packages like so: > >> > >> $ apt-cache search web browser | grep -i 'web.*browser' > > > > What you want is a list of package that "provide" the www-browser > > virtual package. The only way I currently know to get this is: > > > > apt-cache showpkg www-browser | sed '1,/Reverse Provides/d' > > That is perfect. Thank you. > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 22:18:13 +0200 > From: Adrian Bunk <b...@debian.org> > To: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koski...@iki.fi> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>, debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Anyone using stretch/buster/sid on ARMv4t ? > Message-ID: <20171108201813.lehzhh3z5btvmrt4@localhost> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 12:52:05AM +0200, Aaro Koskinen wrote: > > > >... OMAP15xx is frequently tested and used > > by OMAP1 hackers (thanks to Amstrad Delta). > > But is anyone still using Debian on OMAP15xx? > > Looking at the amount of RAM in the Amstrad Delta, > I'd be surprised if anyone is actually using > Debian on that hardware. > > > A. > > cu > Adrian > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed > > Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:58:15 +0100 > From: deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: RAID 5 array with journal device does not automatically > assemble at boot > Message-ID: <otvr50$j7e$1...@blaine.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit > > Tobx wrote: > > > RAID assembling at boot only works when no journal device is involved. > > > > I can't help much here, nothing to compare. I forgot to mention that md > driver is compiled in the kernel in my case. > > > VERBOSE=false > > perhaps set to true and see what it says. > > > > > Options in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf are: > > > > HOMEHOST <system> > > MAILADDR root > > ARRAY /dev/md/test metadata=1.2 UUID=4f0448f6:fee2638c: > a1c1b547:20358980 > > name=debian:test spares=1 > > .. and I assume you double checked (blkid) the UUID. > > No idea - just trying to help as it sounded similar to what I've > experienced. However in your case the "--write-journal=/dev/sde1" seems to > cause the issue. > According the docs [1,2] I overflew it is used only when creating an array. > [3] says explicitly create, build or grow. For manage you should > use --add-journal > > regards > > [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/665299/ > [2] 2016_vault_write_journal_cache_v2.pdf > [3] https://man.cx/mdadm(8) > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 13:07:07 -0800 > From: Will Mengarini <sel...@eskimo.com> > To: "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Opening Intellicast Causes Firefox to close > Message-ID: <20171108210707.ga13...@eskimo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > * Stephen P Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> [17-11/08=We 07:25 -0500]: > > I downloaded and compiled the src from The Seamonkey Project. > > [...] The browser still crashed when loading www,distrowatch.com!!! > > When I try to access distrowatch.com with a very old Firefox, > using NoScript, I always get 403 Forbidden with no other message. > > However, Stretch versions of text browsers > Lynx, w3m, and elinks have no problem. > > (I don't have a graphics-enabled Stretch working yet - > hardware issues - so I can't try the latest graphical browsers.) > > (1) So it's possible distrowatch.com is weird in some way that Seamonkey > can't handle. If you're getting crashes on many other web sites, > especially if they're intermittent, you might want to consider > incipient hardware failure as a differential diagnosis. > > I'd expect incipient hardware failure to cause glitches more frequently > when you're using a graphical system than when doing text-mode work. > > (2) A better possibility is that it's an SSL issue. Running strace > to find where the crash occurs could localize that. Identifying > your SSL library and possibly upgrading or changing it could help. > > (3) Lynx compiled on a Gentoo system used to crash often because > of a problem with the default CFLAGS setting. Check that > your CFLAGS are conservative; you're looking for reliability, > not speed. Also, conservative CFLAGS (disabling most > optimizations) might make debugging output more meaningful. > > > Compiling the src reminded me of years ago when I used to compile the > > Linux kernel - an agonizingly long procedure, but it finally finished. > > I find it helps to keep reminding myself that computers save time. > > -- > Will Mengarini <sel...@eskimo.com> > Free software: the Source will be with you, always. > "techtonic stress" -- Unix fortune cookie > > Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 22:09:59 +0100 > From: deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Handhelds that conviently run Debian > Message-ID: <otvrqv$jia$1...@blaine.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On a regional mailing list I had described what I'm looking for as a > > tablet. That seems to include things that fold. Although I *DON'T* want > > a "smartphone", that physical form factor is desirable. It must be > > available as "new" from a U.S. retailer. > > > > I have a preference for x86 processors, that is not a requirement. > > I would like to use with a USB keyboard. > > It will be used for simple data collection and data will be transferred > > to home system primarily via a USB flash drive. > > > > I suspect I've some unrecognized assumptions. > > Suggestions please. > > there are various small factor and mini pcs, industrial pcs as well. What I > don't understand is if you want to have a screen attached or embedded. > > some 10y ago I bought Acrosser with Geode, Raspberry and alike is > definitely > an option. > Recently I'm playing with SailfishOS on Sony Xperia X, I also bought Intex > AquaFish and I'm using Nokia N9 as primary phone. > > >From what I've seen you can't easily find something handheld where you can > plug a usb - don't know because of size or power. > Also those mini pcs with SoC for the public are lame IMO, but good change > that it would run debian > > https://www.linux.com/news/five-best-linux-powered-mini-computers > > regards > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 14:56:36 -0600 > From: "Josh W." <joshw8...@gmail.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: sudo > Message-ID: <CAG9XMTsWycktUz=9it07i74vOqFcKK3Atk_6kQ9-sofMniB1hQ@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=" > 94eb2c19ac885ddb3a055d7eec7c" > > --94eb2c19ac885ddb3a055d7eec7c > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of > the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks! > > > Joshua <joshw8...@gmail.com> > > --94eb2c19ac885ddb3a055d7eec7c > Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <div dir=3D"ltr">Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to > sudo= > ... Not sure of the process.. Could somebody point me in the right > directio= > n. Thanks!<br><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><div><div > class=3D"gmail_signature= > " data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Joshua <<a > href=3D= > "mailto:joshw8...@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">joshw8...@gmail.com > </a>><= > /div></div></div> > </div></div> > > --94eb2c19ac885ddb3a055d7eec7c-- > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 16:18:24 -0500 > From: Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: sudo > Message-ID: <20171108211824.6ovslmqist2ts...@eeg.ccf.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:56:36PM -0600, Josh W. wrote: > > Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of > > the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks! > > Add the user to the "sudo" group. Either by editing /etc/group directly, > or by using "adduser username sudo". > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 13:20:39 -0800 > From: Will Mengarini <sel...@eskimo.com> > To: "Josh W." <joshw8...@gmail.com> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: sudo > Message-ID: <20171108212038.gb13...@eskimo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > * Josh W. <joshw8...@gmail.com> [17-11/08=We 14:56 -0600]: > > I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo. Not sure of the > > process. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks! > > sudo adduser beeblebrox sudo # man adduser > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 22:21:58 +0100 > From: <to...@tuxteam.de> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: sudo > Message-ID: <20171108212158.ga13...@tuxteam.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; x-action=pgp-signed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:56:36PM -0600, Josh W. wrote: > > Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of > > the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks! > > In Debian, typically there's a group called 'sudo': user belonging to > this group have sudo capability (if the group is enabled for that in > the /etc/sudoers file). So: > > - enable the 'sudo' group in the /etc/sudoers file, by editing > as root (there's a nice command visudo which calls your favourite > editor on this file and helps you making sure that you don't > break anything -- see man visudo for details). Make sure you > have a line like > > %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > in that file (possibly you just have to remove a comment sign > '#' at its beginning) > > - add your user to the sudo group: > > adduser <your user here> sudo > > Note that you have to login for that to take effect. > > Cheers > - -- tomás > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAloDdXYACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaFHQCeJ7Iy8c8N5H11DSot5/9l3oLv > IogAni/KX5rU+8nuES4HN/iIcD7CqKcy > =0Oku > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 21:24:23 +0000 > From: Tom Furie <t...@furie.org.uk> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: sudo > Message-ID: <20171108212423.ga1...@furie.org.uk> > Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; > protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v" > Content-Disposition: inline > > --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:56:36PM -0600, Josh W. wrote: > > > Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not sure of > > the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks! > > If you just want to allow a user to use sudo in the default Debian > configuration, it's as simple as adding the user to the sudo group: > > # adduser <username> sudo > > where <username> is the user you want to add. The user will be in the > group the next time they log in. > > Cheers, > Tom > > --=20 > I have always noticed that whenever a radical takes to Imperialism, > he catches it in a very acute form. > -- Winston Churchill, 1903 > > --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" > Content-Description: Digital signature > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iEYEARECAAYFAloDdgcACgkQ2svup27rrInbcwCfWRofNcD2vXYTO1A34EolIru9 > a+0An2XKb2XkdXIRDUN0iN5W6SbjFcPW > =t8WV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v-- > > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 21:35:03 +0000 > From: Joe <j...@jretrading.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: sudo > Message-ID: <20171108213503.6fad3...@jresid.jretrading.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 14:56:36 -0600 > "Josh W." <joshw8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, I am trying to figure out how to add a user to sudo... Not > > sure of the process.. Could somebody point me in the right direction. > > Thanks! > > > Try Google with > sudo tutorial debian > > In Debian, you can do this the quick and (very) dirty way, by > effectively making yourself root after the entry of your user password: > https://wiki.debian.org/sudo > > This is fine for a one-user home computer that's not likely to attract > the attention of serious human hackers. > > Or you can do it the 'proper' way, by defining what commands you want > to run, and creating /etc/sudoers (better, new files in /etc/sudoers.d) > entries to suit using the visudo program as root. This is harder, and > requires you to know in advance what you want to do as root, but the > correct way with multiple users with varying duties, and/or a business > environment. > > -- > Joe > >
