On Friday, 14 June 2024 01:45:16 ACST cagsm wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM Rodney Baker

>

> <rodney.baker@outlook.com.au> wrote:

> > > 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

> >

> > 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.

> yes sudo package is there and normal and working. its a normal leap

> installation coming from 15.4 or 15.5 etc. nothing fancy. trying

> cockpit for the first time on 15.6.

>

> > 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).

> i tried to first make sense if i log in as root into that webserver or

> as a normal user but somehow root didnt manage to log in or i was

> missing out on the direct root password. maybe i will try that over

> again.

>

> after that i reverted to test with my simple kde desktop user name.

> that login succeeded then. then i noticed that non admin state of the

> cockpit GUI.

>

> zypper se sudo

> or zypper se cockpit

>

> doesnt show that kind of sudo and exec and askpass etc as results over here.

> ty

Not sure what's going on then. Did you check if your user is allowed to use sudo? If /etc/sudoers is not configured to allow unprivileged users to use sudo, you'll get an error.

When you try, for example, sudo cat /var/log/mail, do you get prompted for the root password? Does it complete successfully?

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Rodney Baker

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