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2010-02-11 , 06:48
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#11
Originally Posted by floffe View Post
sudo uses the user password rather than root, when it uses one at all. I think on the N900 it's setup to never ask for a password at all (look at /etc/sudoers but DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY). See http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=491437 for some more info.
hate to drag this up again but can I ask how do I edit the sudoers list if I'm not allowed to append it manually?

I wish to mount a samba share from a script but the mount command requires privileges.

using rootsh I gain root access and set a password for "user"

Code:
sudo gainroot
passwd user
now "sudo mount" asks for a password that I set. but I obviously get an error:
Code:
sorry, user user is not allowed to execute /bin/mount
because I do not have the appropriate line in my /etc/sudoers file. how do I go about doing this if appending it manually is not recommended?
 
floffe is offline floffe
2010-02-11 , 13:58
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"sudo visudo" can be used to edit sudoers (set $EDITOR to something else if you want to use another editor than vi) and will check the syntax after closing the file. See http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudoers.html for what can go in there.
 

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2013-08-23 , 12:18
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Don't use visudo on Maemo! The /etc/sudoers file is auto-generated and works differently on n900 than a standard Linux system.

Instead, add a file to /etc/sudoers.d, then run 'update-sudoers'.

This is the Maemo way. The reason is that normal users don't usually have root, so an app installed by a normal user can easily add a file to /etc/sudoers.d to give itself the root privileges it needs.
 

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2013-08-23 , 12:49
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Originally Posted by stefanmohl View Post
Don't use visudo on Maemo! The /etc/sudoers file is auto-generated and works differently on n900 than a standard Linux system.

Instead, add a file to /etc/sudoers.d, then run 'update-sudoers'.

This is the Maemo way. The reason is that normal users don't usually have root, so an app installed by a normal user can easily add a file to /etc/sudoers.d to give itself the root privileges it needs.
Good reply, but you just revived a 3yo thread
 
stefanmohl is offline stefanmohl
2013-08-23 , 13:10
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DuckDuckGo is my friend, and old forum threads are my results. I am not replying to the OP, I am just helping other search-result surfers not mess up their system too much.
 

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