Guest as root?

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Guest as root?

Post#1 by Ed_P » 04 Apr 2018, 16:15

This works for me.

echo guest | sudo -S activate $OPTIONAL/$CHROME > /dev/null 2>&1 &

The two variables are the folder the module is in and the module file's name.
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Guest as root?

Post#2 by Ed_P » 05 Apr 2018, 00:28

This works for my file manager.

guest@porteus:~$ echo toor | sudo -S nemo
^C
guest@porteus:~$
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Guest as root?

Post#3 by donald » 05 Apr 2018, 03:50

On my system, sudo asks for the guest password
echo guest (or whatever the current password is)

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Post#4 by Ed_P » 05 Apr 2018, 05:30

Actually, it does on mine also.

guest@porteus:~$ echo guest | sudo -S nemo
Password: ^C
guest@porteus:~$
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Post#5 by Ed_P » 06 Apr 2018, 04:01

:good:
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