I'm running Kubuntu 12.04 on a Dell XPS 17.
For some reason, sound works for only for the root user. Alsamixer, Audacious, and Phonon all work from root but not as a normal user. Moreover, Phonon is not showing audio hardware as a normal user.
If it matters, I am starting kde from the console user login using startx /usr/bin/startkde.
sudo -i in the terminal will made normal user into root user & after changing into root user if we exit then again we will be back to normal user.If we try again , next time it directly takes me into a root user without asking the password.
So why this is happening and what's the timeout of this facility?
Bottom Line: why turning into root user with out asking the password.
Hi there!I'm using an Arch 2013 fresh install, and, since certain point on the installation proccess, I can't login as root from a tty anymore.
el_koraco wrote: It's mostly your typical "dumb journalist copy pastes shit and makes it sound worse than it is".Yes, well this dumb journalist really didn't understand the ramifications, and therefore asked. Thanks, el_koraco, for the explanation.
I read all the pam_time.so threds and I manage to do simple user login-time restrictions. But when it come to root it just do not work. I know that there is a lot of documentation but that is a functionality I need as soon as posible. In final I need a simple explanation on how to make login-time restriction on root acount.
A sample script can be as below:
#!/bin/bash
sudo su
ls /root
When using ./test.sh as the normal user, instead run ls as super user and exit, it switches to root; and when I logout, it executes ls /root as the normal user.
Can anybody tell me about the mechanism about it? Thanks.
This is such an elementary question, and I can't believe I've been using Unix (Linux and Mac) for over 5 years without knowing this!
The root user has group id 0 and user id 0. Hence lower group ids have more permission. The question is, if I want to create an administrator group, where all members have the same rights as the root group, is that a safe practice?
el_koraco wrote:Ubuntu is like Linux Light - cheap, and with a bad taste, but marketed good.Heh. Very funny, el_koraco. Welcome to CrunchBang, kevin_scribner, and hope you enjoy the distro
el_koraco wrote:it's the same thing.OK. I see. Then I guess the only difference is that Vastone covers sbin too...Anyway, thanks:)
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