Hello everyone I’m new to the world of Qubes. I have a simple question: how do you get “super user” privileges in the fedora-xfce template terminal? when I type “su” it asks me for the password. I tried to enter: 1)The PW of the user account. 2)The PW (Passphrase) to decrypt the operating syste…

It is passwordless by default: [image] Passwordless root access in qubes The background to passswordless root access is summarised in this statement, that used to be found at /etc/sudoers.d/qubes in each qube: user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL # WTF?! Have you lost your mind?! # # In Qubes V…

So in practice, I am already a user with maximum privileges even without entering the password to enable the “superuser”. I noticed that on the terminal of the Debian model: “Debian xfce”, just write “su” and it already enables you to be the super user. However, on the Fedora xfce terminal, does it…

[image] knorgab: So in practice, I am already a user with maximum privileges even without entering the password to enable the “superuser”. No, by default you are logged into the user user which can access to root account with sudo -i without password.

[image] solene: No, by default you are logged into the user user which can access to root account with sudo -i without password. Ok, I typed the command “sudo - i” in the “fedora xfce” terminal, the message appears: “bash-5.2#” am I now the user with root privileges?

[image] knorgab: “bash-5.2#” am I now the user with root privileges? yes, by default the prompt changes from “$” which symbolizes you have a user shell, to “#” which is usually associated to root user. You can type id command to see what is your current user and group.

[image] solene: yes, by default the prompt changes from “$” which symbolizes you have a user shell, to “#” which is usually associated to root user. You can type id command to see what is your current user and group. ok, perfect I understand. I have one more question: to install programs fr…

If you install something in the template, you need to be root, because if you install something as the user user it will be in /home/user which is not inherited by AppVMs using the template.

ok, I will install all the programs in the templates as root user. Obviously the same procedure for programs downloaded from the internet on cloned templates… Thanks for the information, I’m going to prepare my PC with Qube OS… HI

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FranklyFlawless December 15, 2024, 4:29pm 2

It is passwordless by default: