| yeehi | How do I keep the su login for my session so that I don't have to re-enter it every time i install a package? | 13:57 |
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| geirha | you mean sudo? | 14:05 |
| geirha | you can configure sudo in various ways. You can for instance say that your user should be able to run sudo apt-get without entering a password | 14:05 |
| geirha | !sudoers | 14:05 |
| ubot2 | Factoid 'sudoers' not found | 14:05 |
| geirha | !sudo | 14:06 |
| ubot2 | sudo is a command to run command-line programs with superuser privileges ("root") (also see !cli). Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information. For graphical applications see !gksu (GNOME, Xfce), or !kdesudo (KDE). If you're unable to execute commands with sudo see: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo | 14:06 |
| yeehi | The command: sudo sha256 file.tgz requires a passphrase - which passphrase is that? I get gobbledegook when i just hit enter | 15:02 |
| smartboyhw | yeehi, your password presumably | 15:08 |
| yeehi | smartboyhw, i enter my su command but then I need another passphrase... | 15:10 |
| SnowmanX11 | yeehi: sudo su - then your password and after you do not need password again. | 15:12 |
| SnowmanX11 | yeehi: you can use root commands without password | 15:13 |
| yeehi | i installed conky - it says disk: 60% what does this mean? Disk is nowhere near 60 percent full... | 21:31 |
| geirha | yeehi: It's been ages since I've looked into conky, but I'm guessing it's the default configuration of conky that's a bit weird | 21:53 |
| geirha | I'm guessing "disk" means "/" | 21:53 |
| geirha | Did you get your other issue solved? | 21:53 |
| yeehi | thanks, geirha - i wonder what it could mean... i did spend a bit of time writing over some SDD space during installation, maybe that has something to do with it | 21:54 |
| yeehi | other issue not solved yet - asking at debian forum - they will know there | 21:54 |
| geirha | is there a /etc/conkyrc file? or anything in /etc with conky in its name? | 21:56 |
| geirha | If so, open it in a pager or editor and search for "disk:" | 21:56 |
| geirha | might give some clues if you combine it with "man conkyrc" (or maybe man conky) | 21:56 |
| geirha | Anyway, as for the previous issue. Neither sudo or su will ask for a passphrase; they'll ask for a password | 21:59 |
| geirha | I'm guessing this sha256 command is the one asking for a passphrase. I'm not familiar with that command. | 21:59 |
| yeehi | thanks geirha - v helpful | 22:00 |
| yeehi | geirha - one different thing, i keep having to log in as su. Where do I set it so that i login as su for one session and then stay logged in, eg for synaptic or running terminal commands? | 22:21 |
| geirha | not possible | 22:35 |
| geirha | you can configure sudo to not ask for password though | 22:35 |
| geirha | and we don't really support suing to root | 22:36 |
| geirha | In ubuntu, you should use sudo rather than su | 22:38 |
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