[QCLUG] Command restrictions

[Jim Hall]

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On 6/18/07, David Bergert <dbergert@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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> >             _______________________________________________
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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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You are so right, it wasn't. I did a quick read of the sudo man page and
found out about "sudoers" and how to edit it. I gave jhall the same
permissions as root and it worked. Now, I think I have to change the iso
names to match the CD names because the install doesn't like the short ones
the HOWTO said to use.

Jim

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