Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 09:12:18PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote: > OK we are talking about GCP Cloud Base right? Because I am. Sorry, I'm completely unfamiliar with GCP so I can only see what the documentation says. I've used cloud-init on generic Fedora cloud images on other hosting platforms, b

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 6/21/2023 8:22 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the pas

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 6/21/2023 8:22 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the pas

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham wrote: > > I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system > and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants > me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? Wh

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 6/21/2023 6:09 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote: Yes I tried sudo and entered that and I was prompted for a password. I don't have one that I know. On 6/21/2023 5:59 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/21/23 14:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 6/21/2023 6:33 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote: On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root priv

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 6/21/2023 6:33 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote: On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root priv

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Robert McBroom via users
On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a p

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
Yes I tried sudo and entered that and I was prompted for a password. I don't have one that I know. On 6/21/2023 5:59 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/21/23 14:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/21/23 14:56, Bill Cunningham wrote: On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a p

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote: I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS the

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:     I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? You said in a later

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
mple below finally i hope your success, regards. sudo chmod 755 thefile Dorian Rosse. *From:* fedora *Sent:* Wednesday, June 21, 2023 9:27:15 AM *To:* Community support for Fedora users *Subject:* Re: logging in as root On T

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Bill Cunningham
mple below finally i hope your success, regards. sudo chmod 755 thefile Dorian Rosse. *From:* fedora *Sent:* Wednesday, June 21, 2023 9:27:15 AM *To:* Community support for Fedora users *Subject:* Re: logging in as root On T

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread Dorian ROSSE
rds. sudo chmod 755 thefile Dorian Rosse. From: fedora Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 9:27:15 AM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: logging in as root On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:45:35PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote: > I never set a personal pa

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-21 Thread fedora
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:45:35PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote: > I never set a personal password I just uploaded the tarball and converted it > to an image and ran it in a VM. It's the GCP tarball. You need to initialize the image with something like 'cloud-init'. You could also use 'virt-instal

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-20 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 6/20/2023 8:46 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Mike Wright said: You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password. There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended). You can "sudo -s" (similar to plain "su", stays in current directory, doesn't act like

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-20 Thread Mike Wright
On 6/20/23 17:46, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, Mike Wright said: You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password. There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended). In my case su is easier to type than -s. I don't have to take my fingers off the home r

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-20 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Mike Wright said: > You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password. There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended). You can "sudo -s" (similar to plain "su", stays in current directory, doesn't act like a login shell) or "sudo -i" (similar to "su

Re: logging in as root

2023-06-20 Thread Mike Wright
On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:     I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? You want to use "su

logging in as root

2023-06-20 Thread Bill Cunningham
    I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this? B ___ users maili