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How to configure Debian sudo to prompt for password at the beginning of every login session?
I am running Debian 12 and working on hardening my system. I'm looking at the sudo behavior at the moment. As expected, if I ssh into the system and run a sudo command, it prompts the first time, but ...
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How to Load Personal .bash_rc for SU User via Direct SSH command
Problem Multiple engineers are using same machine with same loginuser and history gets loaded with others' people commands. Update: People login via private ssh keys (pub added/removed via trustedhosr)...
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What are the options to transfer a package from source machine to target machine over the network with only sudo user login via ssh?
adm package folder structure: /opt/adm ├── bin ├── cli ├── dev ├── mod ├── pkg └── sys root@deb4 /opt/adm # rwx To change permissions use this command syntax: $ sudo chmod <octal> <...
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How to automate Ansible SSH login with Duo MFA for sudo access
The problem: I'm trying to run Ansible on a Mac to remotely configure a linux (ubuntu) server that requires MFA access for sudo usage. My goal is to keep the MFA in place (as required by our security ...
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sudo persistent across ssh logins
When I have two separate terminals logged in via SSH to my server, I noticed then when one of the terminals enters password for sudo, the other terminal has passwordless sudo access. This seems ...
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Broken Debian 10 stable server by installing 3 or 4 small testing packages... Can't SSH anymore
I wanted to install a newer version of clone on my Debian 10 stable server, so I started with following the tutorial in the first comment on this post. Then, (from memory), I ran on my server ...
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Executing sudo commands keep asking password although i've set visudo
I'm configuring remote deployment using rsync over ssh and there is need to execute a sudo command without password. This is my visudo: # Allow user to execute specified commands without password ...
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Disable password login but keep sudo -v?
I'm on a Raspberry Pi, but I don't think this question is specific to Raspberry Pi OS. I only use an SSH key to log in as user pi. I have a script that calls sudo -v which currently asks for the ...
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Can I disable password login but still allow sudo?
While answering comments I realized what I should really be asking, so I asked a new question. I'm on a Raspberry Pi, but I don't think this question is specific to Raspberry Pi OS. I only use an SSH ...
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Letting a stranger in safely
I have setup a really tiny wireguard server in my home, with my public IP and all. I have used NAT to hopefully protect myself as much as possible, set strong passwords... All these things. A friend ...
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Grepped /sys/ directory, now device won't respond
I recursively grepped the /sys/ directory for the string "hello" over SSH: sudo grep -r hello /sys/ I'm using a Raspberry Pi 4B 8gig. After performing this command, the rpi won't respond to ...
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sudo through ssh on cron
I have this command which runs properly when executed on terminal: ssh someuser@someserver -t "sudo systemctl start someservice" No password asked for ssh, there is a public key to connect, ...
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Suggestion for sudo over ssh
I need two suggestions for making my script working from local server as well as ssh execution 1. How to update the sudoers In server i have a path /var/log/data/status/ all files of parent and ...
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Using sudo over ssh: sudo command not found
I am trying to run a command on a remote server as the superuser through ssh. For that, I pass the command with ssh -t from macOS as follows: bash-5.2$ ssh -t [email protected] "sudo echo Hi" ...
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Allow remote (SSH, XRDP, etc) sudo users to suspend/shutdown without privilege elevation
Sudo users do not seem to need privilege elevation to suspend/shutdown the computer when they are doing so locally, but require privilege elevation (e.g., need sudo shutdown instead of just shutdown). ...
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