On Friday, 14 June 2024 01:20:56 ACST Rodney Baker wrote:

> On Friday, 14 June 2024 00:50:04 ACST cagsm wrote:

> > Support,

> > cockpit on 15.6

> >

> > > Problem becoming administrator

> > > Sudo: unable to run /nonexistent/libexec/cockpit-askpass: No such file

> > > or

> > > directory sudo: no password was provided sudo: a password is required

> >

> > Never used cockpit before. Similar like webmin or so?

> >

> > I can only log into cockpit with a local normal user using for KDE

> > desktop as well.

> > Inside cockpit it tells me that it is restricted mode or something and

> > some root stuff is missing coming up with a popup when I click that

> > blue topmost notification or button with text given: "turn on

> > administrative access".

> >

> > the result is that stated error message popup.

> > Anyone running this successfully?

> > ty

>

> Yes, running cockpit successfully on multiple Debian servers, physical and

> virtual, at home and at work. None on openSUSE currently, but it works the

> same way.

>

> Do you have sudo installed? Some distros now don't install it by default.

> (zypper se sudo). If not, install it, and make sure your user is listed in

> the sudoers file.

>

> On Debian, the default is to require the users password for sudo access,

> while on Suse I think it requires the root password (but this is

> configurable - man sudo).

>

> Cockpit is good for local server management/monitoring, and can connect via

> ssh to other servers to manage them too (provided they too have cockpit

> installed). It's actually more like Windows MMS than Webmin. Pretty useful

> for abstracting some operations away from the command line - for just one

> example, it's way easier to manage LVM from cockpit than from the CLI.

>

> Regards,

> Rodney.

Ahem...Windows MMC, not MMS...

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Rodney Baker

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