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The wheel group is GID 0, which allows more than just running sudo & doas. For this reason I create a special sudo group. Why isn't the wheel group considered harmful?

In Linux-box I use sudo -u username cmd, How can I implement it in FreeBSD without sudo?

Mostly, I don't have a problem with tweaking the sudoers file and tried to read the manual carefully. But the Wireguard thing (and, I suspect, OpenVPN would've behaved much the same way) apparently involves spawning some other processes, which somehow, sudo doesn't cover. I change my VPN...

Hi, every time when I login as root (Putty login, su -) there is new line in /var/log/messages Oct 23 10:33:38 x su[90032]: group not found: root Oct 23 10:33:38 x syslogd: last message repeated 1 times Same does sudo when I use it: Oct 23 10:33:54 x sudo[90073]: group not found: michal Oct...

Good Day FreeBSD Forums, I upgraded from 12.2 to 12.3 and have been trying to update all my ports. There was a problem trying to update Sudo (using portmaster, I forget what the exact error was) so I uninstalled Sudo and then tried re-installing it, and this is where I run into the errors...

THERE IS THE COMMAND: sudo pw group mod wheel -m !username_here!

Hello everybody, today we had a upgrade for sudo: 1.9.5p1 -> 1.9.5p2. I think it is related to following security advisory. I wonder about the install notice: Did anyone dig deeper into it and can tell me why I would like to remove the file? Usually I edit sudoers via visudo. For now I...

I am installing idempiere and I am at the last script. Which is: #!/bin/sh # if [ $JAVA_HOME ]; then JAVA=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java else JAVA=java echo JAVA_HOME is not set. echo You may not be able to start the Setup echo Set JAVA_HOME to the directory of your local JDK. fi # sign...

hi, When I run a command inside a a jail using sudo I get a segmentation fault but running the command normally works. How do I go about trouble shooting this ?

Some tips on using doas the sudo alternative ported from Openbsd install doas # pkg install doas Create the doas config file # vi /usr/local/etc/doas.conf The username and groups follow the chown syntax, ther username or group is preceded by the : colon character eg :username :groupname...

doas is a sudo alternative ported from openbsd install doas # pkg install doas create the doas config file # vi /usr/local/etc/doas.conf add the following code to the doas.conf file permit nopass keepenv :wheel permit nopass keepenv root as root make sure your user is in the wheel group...

"I must give permissions to my account that isn't root. What should I do?" There are tutorials that explain it very well. It is something very basic. So, let's begin: firstly, you must edit the /usr/local/etc/sudoers using nano Add this line: user_name ALL=(ALL) ALL : here "user_name" it's...

I'm trying to install a desktop environment in one account that isn't root. But I can't. It says that the user doesn't appear in the "sudoers" file. Give me a moment and I'll give you the specific output.

Hello! After upgrade I cannot use sudo nad even pkg. Is it a bug? sudo: error in /usr/local/etc/sudo.conf, line 0 while loading plugin `sudoers_policy' sudo: unable to load /usr/local/libexec/sudo/sudoers.so: Shared object "libpam.so.5" not found, required by "sudoers.so" sudo: fatal error...

I've entered a user for sudoers: alex ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL Unfortunately it replies with Sorry upon trying su. Is this the right syntax? Any insight appreciated.