I'm Beaten

[musicman]

sudo is a command that means "do as s(uper)u(ser).

sudoers is a file in /etc (/etc/sudoers )

which lists which users are allowed to user "sudo"

when you type

sudo command

then the command is run as root. It will ask you for a password, and
that will be your _user_ login password, not the root/admin's
password.

cheers
L.

On Dec 9, 2007 4:33 PM, Willis <gods-servant at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> > On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:54:45 -0600
> > Willis <gods-servant at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Chris wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:38:34 -0600
> >>> Willis <gods-servant at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I installed esword4ubuntu_1.7 so many times and so many different
> >>>> ways that I give up.  When I check the directory
> >>>> /usr/apps/local/esword4ubuntu from either login, root or user, I
> >>>> see exactly the same thing.  And on checking the Launch command on
> >>>> both logins is /usr/apps/local/esword4ubuntu/runesword and yet it
> >>>> runs from the root and nothing at all happens from the user
> >>>> directroy. Remember, I've installed from both director root and
> >>>> user with the exact same result.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there a permission I might need to change?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Pardon my ignorance, but why not use Synaptec and install
> >>> gnomesword? Sounds like you are building/installing from a source
> >>> tarball?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Sorry, I missed it the first time but not really, it's a deb file.
> >> And it works perfectly from the root login.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Just a though - if it works as root, why not grant your non-root login
> > sudo access by adding it to the /etc/sudors file.
> >
> > man sudoers (IIRC) has some examples on how to allow an app to be ran
> > sudo'd
> >
> >
> where would I find sudoers?
>
>
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