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Jeremy Rand
Jun 12, 2015, 5:08:47 PM6/12/15
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I'm running Whonix 10 under Qubes R3 rc1, and I notice that when I run
"su -" from a terminal, it asks me for a password. Entering a blank
password yields an incorrect password error, as does entering
"changeme" (which is the default password on Whonix under VirtualBox).
"su -" works fine on my Fedora 21 Qubes VM (doesn't ask for a
password), so I gather that this issue is specific to Whonix under Qubes
.
Is there a preferred method of using su under Qubes-Whonix? Is this a
known bug/quirk? Am I doing something obviously stupid?
Thanks.
- -Jeremy Rand
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I'm running Whonix 10 under Qubes R3 rc1, and I notice that when I run
"su -" from a terminal, it asks me for a password. Entering a blank
password yields an incorrect password error, as does entering
"changeme" (which is the default password on Whonix under VirtualBox).
"su -" works fine on my Fedora 21 Qubes VM (doesn't ask for a
password), so I gather that this issue is specific to Whonix under Qubes
.
Is there a preferred method of using su under Qubes-Whonix? Is this a
known bug/quirk? Am I doing something obviously stupid?
Thanks.
- -Jeremy Rand
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cprise
Jun 12, 2015, 5:19:34 PM6/12/15
to Jeremy Rand, qubes-users
On 06/12/15 17:08, Jeremy Rand wrote:
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> I'm running Whonix 10 under Qubes R3 rc1, and I notice that when I run
> "su -" from a terminal, it asks me for a password. Entering a blank
> password yields an incorrect password error, as does entering
> "changeme" (which is the default password on Whonix under VirtualBox).
>
> "su -" works fine on my Fedora 21 Qubes VM (doesn't ask for a
> password), so I gather that this issue is specific to Whonix under Qubes
> .
>
> Is there a preferred method of using su under Qubes-Whonix? Is this a
> known bug/quirk? Am I doing something obviously stupid?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - -Jeremy Rand
Hi Jeremy,
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> I'm running Whonix 10 under Qubes R3 rc1, and I notice that when I run
> "su -" from a terminal, it asks me for a password. Entering a blank
> password yields an incorrect password error, as does entering
> "changeme" (which is the default password on Whonix under VirtualBox).
>
> "su -" works fine on my Fedora 21 Qubes VM (doesn't ask for a
> password), so I gather that this issue is specific to Whonix under Qubes
> .
>
> Is there a preferred method of using su under Qubes-Whonix? Is this a
> known bug/quirk? Am I doing something obviously stupid?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - -Jeremy Rand
Whonix is based on Debian and is configured to use the 'sudo' command
for privileged access. The traditional way to get a root prompt with
sudo is 'sudo -H bash' however I find 'sudo su -' works just as well.
Jeremy Rand
Jun 12, 2015, 5:32:18 PM6/12/15
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On 06/12/2015 04:18 PM, cprise wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> Whonix is based on Debian and is configured to use the 'sudo'
> command for privileged access. The traditional way to get a root
> prompt with sudo is 'sudo -H bash' however I find 'sudo su -'
> works just as well.
>
>
Yep, that works. Thanks for the quick reply, much appreciated.
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> Whonix is based on Debian and is configured to use the 'sudo'
> command for privileged access. The traditional way to get a root
> prompt with sudo is 'sudo -H bash' however I find 'sudo su -'
> works just as well.
>
>
- -Jeremy
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