[QCLUG] Command restrictions

[David Bergert]

looks like jhall is not configured in /etc/sudoers.

The easiest would be just using root:

$su - root
enter password: ******
#mount d2-inst.iso /home/jhall/cdrom -o loop


Jim Hall wrote:
> On 6/18/07, *Jim Hall* <volunteer.jim@gmail.com 
> <mailto:volunteer.jim@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 6/18/07, *Jim Hall* <volunteer.jim@gmail.com
>     <mailto:volunteer.jim@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         On 6/18/07, *David Bergert* <dbergert@gmail.com
>         <mailto:dbergert@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             run the command under sudo
>
>             i,e.
>
>             $sudo mount d2-inst.iso /home/jhall/cdrom -o loop
>             enter password: ******
>             or as the root user:
>
>             $su - root
>             enter password: ******
>             #mount d2-inst.iso /home/jhall/cdrom -o loop
>
>             Ahh .. Diablo 2 :) :) :)
>
>             Jim Hall wrote:
>             > I'm trying to execute the following command (from the
>             directory where
>             > the file is):
>             > mount d2-inst.iso /home/jhall/cdrom -o loop
>             >
>             > Bash returns this:
>             > mount: only root can do that
>             >
>             > I've made this user (me) part of the root group; didn't help.
>             >
>             > What am I missing or doing wrong?
>             >
>             > Jim
>             >
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>         I'll try sudo, as you've both suggested.
>
>         Not just D2; D2LOD.
>
>         Jim
>
>
>
> Tried sudo, got this:
> Sorry, user jhall is not allowed to execute '/bin/mount d2-inst.iso 
> /home/jhall/cdrom -o loop' as root on localhost.localdomain.
>
> Jim
>
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