Questions tagged [root]
For questions pertaining to `root` access.
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sudo with WS2812 and Raspberry Pi
I'm trying to use the Neopixel Adafruit library with the WS2812 strip. Everything works great however there is something that I have not been able to do.
I'm working on a project that requires ...
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Boot from USB Connected SSD
It seems that existing guides of how to boot from USB are out of date, and the one here (https://learn.adafruit.com/external-drive-as-raspberry-pi-root/hooking-up-the-drive-and-copying-slash) didn't ...
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Edit root files from CD Card, Ubuntu
So, I heard that it's possible to edit root files on Linux but if I trying to save the file I get this message:
They do not have the necessary authorisations to store the file. Please, check ...
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Stop Linux terminal running as root
I was trying to set my GUI working on autorun boot through several methods (system, LXDE etc) but I think I screwed it up as none of them worked really. I must have mixed some commands up.
Right now,...
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Can't disable root ssh login
I use SSH to communicate with my Raspberry Pi (server) from my laptop (Putty client).
I would like to disable root SSH login.
I change the value of "PermitRootLogin" to no in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
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How to exit read only filesystem to get write permission in order to download a driver form Github?
I am trying to set up a 5 inch LCD on my Raspberry Pi 3. It runs Kali Linux, I'm on a no GUI boot and (automatically) logged in as root.
When I run the command (to download the drivers):
git clone ...
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Copying files to usr/local in Raspbian
I have been trying to install Opencv following the instructions given in this link [https://github.com/manashmndl/FabLabRpiWorkshop2017/wiki/Painless-OpenCV-in-Raspbian-Stretch]
I need to copy files ...
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Wiring Pi - Root not required?
I developed some code using wiringpi on a 4.4.21 machine (Jessie) - it worked fine and as expected, required root privilege to run (i.e. requires sudo) - it uses wiringPiSetup().
I moved the code ...
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Why can you only have one root user terminal process running at a time? [closed]
This question was asked out of mostly curiosity.
I've just flashed a new SD card with Rasbian Stretch Lite and when I did, little did I know that Stretch Lite is very similar to Arch Linux Arm. And ...
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Allowing uwsgi to make GPIO calls
I've got a Raspberry Pi Zero W acting as a Flask python server that listens for webhooks, then runs a function to turn on a motor until the GPIO pins read a certain combination of inputs. I used to ...
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yocto - edit file in rootimage with no permission
I am working with the yocto project and a Raspberry Pi 0 with wifi. I want to integrate the wpa_supplicant.conf file and copy it to the /etc/ folder.
My recipe fails with reason stating that I don't ...
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How to add user to GUI sudo list?
When I run GUI programs like gparted or the GUI package manager, it allows me to enter the password for root or pi when it requires sudo privileges. How can I add a user to this list? I added a user ...
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How can I connect to the SFTP server with sudo via WinSCP?
I want to use WinSCP to connect to the Raspberry Pi standard SFTP server. I also need to have root access. How can I do this without logging in as root (using sudo)?
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Strange problem on startup - cannot open access to console
Rpi 3 Model B, 16gb SD, all configured well and working fine until yesterday sometime, when rebooting, I now have to press "enter" to continue due to:
"Cannot open access to console, the root account ...
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How do I grant sudo privileges to an existing user?
I am using vnc viewer on Windows 10.
user: pi
I am lost, please help.
What I Have Tried:
*sudo chmod 777 **
also ..
sudo nano /etc/sudoers
adding the following line just like "root ALL=(ALL:...
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run startx not as root
Scenario:
So I want to run startx. The problem is, it won't let me write to tty0
Fatal server error: (EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)
so I tried to run sudo startx, ...
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How can I get a user-level command to run on or after boot?
I have a Raspberry Pi 2 running behind a firewall that prevents inbound SSH connections, so I get the Raspberry Pi to create a reverse SSH tunnel to an external server so that I can get an SSH ...
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How to resolve “RuntimeError: Unable to export GPIO. Try to run as root!”?
I have interfaced a push button switch and LEDs to GPIO.
Whenever I try to execute the script from command line, the code python /home/myPi/myProject/run.py gives me the error
RuntimeError: ...
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How to Disable root account Direct Login after adding a password?
I was trying to use sudo to change the default account name, but it didn't work. So, I added a password to the root account and logged in as root. By default, you can't login to root through the login ...
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Patch a RPI image to get a root shell
I'm trying to reverse engineer an appliance based on RPI2, and I would like to get a root shell on the system.
After dumping the SD I noticed that there's no rootfs partition (it exists but it's ...
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Run program from inittab, can´t get return´s from scripts
I am just working on a QT GUI program which is the only program executed on a minimal system build by buildroot for a RaspberryPi Compute Module.
But I think this should not matter.
My problem is ...
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How do I start up in safemode?
After attempting setting up Raspberry Pi bluetooth to be bluetooth receiver for stereo, now whenever I start it up I can't SSH at all, I can't use the desktop at all or CTRL+ALT+Fnumber key to get to ...
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Write Image to SD Card per SSH
I want to write an SD Card Image to a SD Card inserted in the Raspberry PI.
What I have done (and it is working):
Login to Raspberry an change the /boot/cmdline.txt a NFS Root (Something like ... ...
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Shutdown raspberry from Tomcat app
I have an app running on a Tomcat Server. On a certain situation I want to shutdown my raspberry using the command shutdown -h now. So far, I've tried this:
try {
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("sudo ...
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why my script is not executed with root privileges using Crontab?
I have a working bash script and I want to run this script every minute with root privileges using crontab. I created my crontab as follows.
>sudo crontab -e
Then the file opened and I entered my ...
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Root file browser for raspbian jessie
Is there any way to open root file browser in raspbian (like gksudo nautilus in ubuntu)?
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sudo raspi-config not working: boot partition not mounted
Just today I installed a version of Raspbian Jessie on my Raspberry Pi 2 model B. So, I wanted to disable the function that automatically sends the user to the GUI. But, when I typed in sudo raspi-...
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Cannot create new database in MySQL - logging in as 'root'@'localhost' [closed]
For some reason when I login into MySQL - mysql -uroot -p*****
I get this error when running this procedure -
mysql> create database new_database;
ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user '...
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My system keeps locking me into safe mode and boots directly to root shell
Help! I keep getting boot error on my RPi and being locked into safe mode only having access to root shell and losing network connectivity!
It is the forth time this happens, the first time I have ...
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How to login as root remotely?
I am trying to login to the raspberrypi as root user via winscp, but it only says "Access denied", same thing for trying to login directly as root on ssh.
I have tried loging in as pi and doing sudo ...
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Raspbian root default password
I tried to modify the sudoers file on Raspbian /etc/sudoers, and it looks like I made a mistake, as I'm unable to modify it again. I am also unable to call any command that requires sudo permissions.
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Login automatically as root at startup
Is there a way to auto login as root at startup with Raspbian Jessie like there are auto login for user pi?
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sudo does not require password [duplicate]
I am running a new installation of raspbian.
Whenever I type a sudo command I do not require a password. sudo passwd let's me change the password without prompting me for anything either. I am ...
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Auto run program on boot as root [duplicate]
I have a Raspberry Pi 2B with Raspbian Wheezy on it. I want it to auto run a program (startup.sh) as root so I can use the GPIO pins. I've tried to use ~/.bashrc but it takes a long time to start or ...
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Allow root to run games? [closed]
So, I wanted my pi to run a game server on boot, but since root cannot run games, I can't run the game server on boot.If somebody could tell me how to do this, it would make my life easier.
When I ...
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Expanding size of the root / using external HDD
I bought Raspberry Pi and got it up and running. I also happened to have an external HDD which I then mounted to the Raspberry Pi. The mount can be accessed in the /mnt folder.
I have SD card in the ...
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The transfer of files using the afp:// protocol from OSX10.11 to a RPi using its root password
I have a RPi running a server to which I wish to transfer some SSL certificate files to be able to establish a secure connection from a browser. I presently have connected headless to the RPi from an ...
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Unable to switch to normal user in command line
I am using Raspberry Pi 2 with Jessie raspbian release. I ran into a problem when i was trying to make vncserver start at boot. I followed the instructions present in raspberry pi's website to start ...
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Saving a file at root
Is it possible to create/save a python script in the root folder, if so, how? The reason I ask this is because I am trying to use a single GPIO LED with python but when I run the script it gives an ...
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Is it possible to shrink the root partition? [duplicate]
Extracted from the instructions from the original docs for installing Ubuntu on RaspBerry Pi 2:
There are no Raspbian-specific utilities included, specifically no automatic root resizer. However, ...
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wiringPiSetupSys - input pin state does not change
I try to port my GPIO project from quick2wire to WiringPi. My aim is to read the state of a photocell connected to pin 24 of my raspberry pi (model B, revision 2).
My code (python 3) looks like this:
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Make VNC login as User Pi rather than ROOT
How can I make VNC on Raspbian run as User Pi rather than Root?
I have tried to follow a few "simple" instructions on the internet but none of them give me any working results, and I eventually ended ...
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Samba and usbmount: can't write on automounted device
This is my problem:
I configured my RPi with Debian:
Samba shares a specific folder, that is readable-writeable-executable from my home network: /media/
usbmount automount USB devices when inserted ...
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How can I use Pi4J as a non-root user?
I am writing a large program, with some use of Maven to manage dependencies, and have come across the issue that running Pi4J causes /dev/mem to be opened, which, of course, cannot be done by a non-...
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Dynamic DNS Cron Job (duckdns.org) root or user?
I have an account with duckdns.org and on the PI 2 I would like to know if I should install and run the cron job as a user or as root.
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Permission denied, logged in with root user [closed]
I used root user to change a something in my directory and
I typed in
sudo -i
followed by /etc/hostname
and it says -bash: /etc/hostname: Permission denied
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How to replace a rootfs with another one?
I have 2 sd cards, one with raspbian and one with debian builds.
I need to replace the rootfs in my raspbian sd card with the one in my debian sd card.
How can I do this? And, what are the changes (...
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Root access , nightmare when TRYING to learn the basics
Why have a product an software that's so tricky to grasp when it's meant to be educational.
I'm trying to experiment with the gertboard an simply run Python 2.7 ( I'm using 2.7 because any other ...
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Can't use vim as root
Hey Pi user out there!
I got a Raspberry pi model B with Raspbian Wheezy.
I want to play around at init and my Kernel...
But to do this I need to run vim as root.
When I start vim this happens:
#...
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Permissions & Scripts
I am trying to run camera.sh which I made executable by
chmod 755 camera.sh
It works okay, but when I run it I get the error...
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/timelapse# ./camera.sh
-bash: ./camera.sh: ...
