7:33 p.m.
I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the
system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the
system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there
a way around this?
B
7:41 p.m.
On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
the
system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the
system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there
a way around this?
You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password. For this to
work on fedora I believe you have to be a member of the group "wheel".
7:46 p.m.
Once upon a time, Mike Wright <nobody(a)nospam.hostisimo.com> said:
You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password.
There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended).
You can "sudo -s" (similar to plain "su", stays in current directory,
doesn't act like a login shell) or "sudo -i" (similar to "su -",
initializes like a login).
--
Chris Adams <linux(a)cmadams.net>
8:06 p.m.
On 6/20/23 17:46, Chris Adams wrote:
Once upon a time, Mike Wright <nobody(a)nospam.hostisimo.com>
said:
> You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password.
There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended).
In my case su is easier to type than -s. I don't have to take my
fingers off the home row. When I'm shooting for the - I'm never sure
which of 0-= I'm going to get. Pinky never quite gets that right, and
that's after decades of practice. Don't know what other peoples
reasons are.
:/
8:45 p.m.
On 6/20/2023 8:46 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
Once upon a time, Mike Wright <nobody(a)nospam.hostisimo.com>
said:
> You want to use "sudo su" and use your personal password.
There's no reason to "sudo su" (don't know why this gets recommended).
You can "sudo -s" (similar to plain "su", stays in current
directory,
doesn't act like a login shell) or "sudo -i" (similar to "su -",
initializes like a login).
I never set a personal password I just uploaded the tarball and
converted it to an image and ran it in a VM. It's the GCP tarball.
B
2:27 a.m.
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:45:35PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote:
I never set a personal password I just uploaded the tarball and
converted it
to an image and ran it in a VM. It's the GCP tarball.
You need to initialize the image with something like 'cloud-init'.
You could also use 'virt-install' to customize the image.
If you are using Fedora CoreOS you could use 'Ignition'.
Here is a link to Fedora Documentation, but it describes Fedora CoreOS,
not Cloud Edition: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/provisioning-gcp/
3:12 a.m.
Hello,
For use the line of command by administrator by keeping the user log in without be log in
as root so you need type ' sudo ' in front the line of command where you would be
log in as the user without be log in as root thus an example below finally i hope your
success, regards.
sudo chmod 755 thefile
Dorian Rosse.
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Subject: Re: logging in as root
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:45:35PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote:
I never set a personal password I just uploaded the tarball and
converted it
to an image and ran it in a VM. It's the GCP tarball.
You need to initialize the image with something like 'cloud-init'.
You could also use 'virt-install' to customize the image.
If you are using Fedora CoreOS you could use 'Ignition'.
Here is a link to Fedora Documentation, but it describes Fedora CoreOS,
not Cloud Edition: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/provisioning-gcp/
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3:39 p.m.
On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
the
system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the
system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password is. IS there
a way around this?
You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal password, but
you must be running as some user. How did you get a prompt as that user
and did you try "sudo"?
4:56 p.m.
On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
> the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su'
> and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password
> is. IS there a way around this?
You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal password, but
you must be running as some user. How did you get a prompt as that
user and did you try "sudo"?
Yes I am logged in as a user and the user is my email address. I
uploaded to a bucket the gzipped tarball and created an image for the VM
instance. But I am logged in a user and not root.
B
4:59 p.m.
On 6/21/23 14:56, Bill Cunningham wrote:
On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
>> the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su'
>> and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password
>> is. IS there a way around this?
>
> You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal password, but
> you must be running as some user. How did you get a prompt as that
> user and did you try "sudo"?
>
Yes I am logged in as a user and the user is my email address. I
uploaded to a bucket the gzipped tarball and created an image for the VM
instance. But I am logged in a user and not root.
Did you try "sudo"?
I'm curious how you have an email address as a user though...
5:09 p.m.
Yes I tried sudo and entered that and I was prompted for a password. I
don't have one that I know.
On 6/21/2023 5:59 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 6/21/23 14:56, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>
>> On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>> On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>>> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
>>>> the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use
'su'
>>>> and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password
>>>> is. IS there a way around this?
>>>
>>> You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal password,
>>> but you must be running as some user. How did you get a prompt as
>>> that user and did you try "sudo"?
>>>
>> Yes I am logged in as a user and the user is my email address. I
>> uploaded to a bucket the gzipped tarball and created an image for the
>> VM instance. But I am logged in a user and not root.
>
> Did you try "sudo"?
>
> I'm curious how you have an email address as a user though...
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5:56 p.m.
On 6/21/2023 6:09 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
Yes I tried sudo and entered that and I was prompted for a password.
I
don't have one that I know.
On 6/21/2023 5:59 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 6/21/23 14:56, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>
>> On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>> On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>>> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
>>>> the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use
'su'
>>>> and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password
>>>> is. IS there a way around this?
>>>
>>> You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal password,
>>> but you must be running as some user. How did you get a prompt as
>>> that user and did you try "sudo"?
>>>
>> Yes I am logged in as a user and the user is my email address. I
>> uploaded to a bucket the gzipped tarball and created an image for
>> the VM instance. But I am logged in a user and not root.
>
> Did you try "sudo"?
>
> I'm curious how you have an email address as a user though...
>
Oh no sorry not an email. I saw the @ and thought email. But it's a used
I have never selected. I also try a simple enter at the password prompt
and still nothing.
5:33 p.m.
On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote:
On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
>> the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su'
>> and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password
>> is. IS there a way around this?
>
> You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal password,
> but you must be running as some user. How did you get a prompt as
> that user and did you try "sudo"?
>
Yes I am logged in as a user and the user is my email address. I
uploaded to a bucket the gzipped tarball and created an image for the
VM instance. But I am logged in a user and not root.
Try changing the password to
the user you have, then see what groups are
assigned. Some cloud installs initially have an empty password.
5:52 p.m.
On 6/21/2023 6:33 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>
> On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>> On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
>>> the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su'
>>> and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password
>>> is. IS there a way around this?
>>
>> You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal password,
>> but you must be running as some user. How did you get a prompt as
>> that user and did you try "sudo"?
>>
> Yes I am logged in as a user and the user is my email address. I
> uploaded to a bucket the gzipped tarball and created an image for the
> VM instance. But I am logged in a user and not root.
Try changing the password to the user you have, then see what groups
are assigned. Some cloud installs initially have an empty password.
I tried using passwd and this was the error I got,
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
IDK where else to change the password. I usually run my machine with
root and full access so I am not used to users.
B
5:54 p.m.
On 6/21/2023 6:33 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
On 6/21/23 17:56, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>
> On 6/21/2023 4:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>> On 6/20/23 17:33, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use
>>> the system and it will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su'
>>> and the system wants me to enter a password. IDK what the password
>>> is. IS there a way around this?
>>
>> You said in a later email that you didn't set a personal password,
>> but you must be running as some user. How did you get a prompt as
>> that user and did you try "sudo"?
>>
> Yes I am logged in as a user and the user is my email address. I
> uploaded to a bucket the gzipped tarball and created an image for the
> VM instance. But I am logged in a user and not root.
Try changing the password to the user you have, then see what groups
are assigned. Some cloud installs initially have an empty password.
I still get user auth. error.
7:22 p.m.
On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it will
not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter a
password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this?
When you first booted the VM, there should be a way to see the console. In the startup
text, it will print out a randomly generated root password.
Using cloud-init, you can drop a file in /etc/cloud (I believe) to set up custom behavior,
but by default you get an autogenerated root password. I assume part of your setup was to
put a ssh pubkey so you were able to log in? That was most likely done with cloud-init,
although I think GCP has its own suite of tools that does something similar.
--
Jonathan Billings
7:47 p.m.
On 6/21/2023 8:22 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham
<bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it
will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter
a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this?
When you first booted the VM, there should be a way to see the console. In the startup
text, it will print out a randomly generated root password.
I don't see any of
that at all.
Using cloud-init, you can drop a file in /etc/cloud (I believe) to
set up custom behavior, but by default you get an autogenerated root password. I assume
part of your setup was to put a ssh pubkey so you were able to log in? That was most
likely done with cloud-init, although I think GCP has its own suite of tools that does
something similar.
GCP generates the ssh key automatically. Then you go to a cli
window.
8:12 p.m.
On 6/21/2023 8:22 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
On Jun 20, 2023, at 20:35, Bill Cunningham
<bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I have uploaded the tar.gz file to my cloud VM and try to use the system and it
will not let me have root privledges. I use 'su' and the system wants me to enter
a password. IDK what the password is. IS there a way around this?
When you first booted the VM, there should be a way to see the console. In the startup
text, it will print out a randomly generated root password.
Using cloud-init, you can drop a file in /etc/cloud (I believe) to set up custom
behavior, but by default you get an autogenerated root password. I assume part of your
setup was to put a ssh pubkey so you were able to log in? That was most likely done with
cloud-init, although I think GCP has its own suite of tools that does something similar.
OK we are talking about GCP Cloud Base right? Because I am.
8:26 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 09:12:18PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote:
OK we are talking about GCP Cloud Base right? Because I am.
Sorry, I'm completely unfamiliar with GCP so I can only see what the
documentation says. I've used cloud-init on generic Fedora cloud
images on other hosting platforms, but it appears that you need to do
something special with GCP. It appears there are ways you can set up
automation to set up accounts and passwords available at the web
console or through the API.
However, I've never had a google cloud account, so I'll let other,
more knowledgeable people answer.
--
Jonathan Billings
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