On Friday, 12 July 2019 01:27:43 UTC, list...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, 10 July 2019 17:13:42 UTC, steve.coleman wrote: > > On 7/10/19 2:02 AM, <me> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 9 July 2019 12:31:23 UTC, steve.coleman wrote: > > >> On 7/9/19 7:25 AM, <me> wrote: > > >>> Hi, I installed a Ubuntu-14.04 minimal template from qubes.3isec.org > > >>> using > > >>> > > >>> $ sudo dnf install > > >>> qubes-template-stretch-minimal-4.0.1-201812230252.noarch.rpm > > >>> > > >>> and that works 'fabelhaft' (German for 'fabulously' :), but inside the > > >>> running template I'm asked for a password when I try to sudo my way > > >>> into apt-get update. > > >>> > > >>> Does anyone know the password for 'user'? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks. > > >>> > > >> > > >> If you can not sudo, you can always try running your command from Dom0 > > >> as user root: > > >> > > >> $ qvm-run -a --user root <YourTemplateNameHere> "apt-get update" > > > > > > Thanks. > > > I not only want to update, I also want to run all other kinds of commands > > > as sudo. Do you think I can run any command like this inside the qube > > > from within dom0? > > > > You can also run any other command as root, like "passwd user" to set > > the password to a know value, or "gedit /etc/sudoers" and modify who can > > sudo, add yourself to the wheel group, etc... I can't say why your > > particular appvm prevents you from sudoing without testing the vm > > myself, but whatever the problem is, you now have a way to get a root > > shell to fix it. > > > > hope this helps > > It did, thanks for your help. > The funny thing is, > > [user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-run -p --user root stretch-minimal "usermod -a -G sudo > user" > > didn't work, even after > > [user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-run -p --user root stretch-minimal "service sudo restart" > > although 'user' was added to the sudo group as could be seen from > > user@stretch-minimal:~$ cat /etc/group | grep sudo > sudo:x:27:user > > so I had to edit the sudoers file directly, then restarted the sudo service: > > [user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-run -p --user root stretch-minimal "service sudo restart" > [user@dom0 ~]$ > qvm-run -p --user stretch-minimal "service sudo restart" > > and that worked, so I wrote a little script to more or less automate and > explain the process: https://pastebin.com/UcJa0DvC
Sorry, that last line should read: [user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-run -p --user root stretch-minimal "service sudo restart" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/d4ea0cbe-7af8-489b-9170-e1cc23ff4158%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
