When I run your script in terminal it asks for root password. is this right?
using Ubuntu 15.04
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Jon
asks for password
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martywd
Re: asks for password
Yes, this is 'right'. Sort of. Actually it is asking for your REGULAR USER password.roadrash wrote:When I run your script in terminal it asks for root password. is this right?
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You run the 'pminstaller.sh' script as a regular user elevated to root privileges (by entering your password) which are required to install files onto the system in places suchas '/opt/', /usr/bin/ ...
http://linux.palemoon.org/download/installer/
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roadrash
Re: asks for password
Ok just wondered cos you mention not to run as root/sudo. Ok understand now
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martywd
Re: asks for password
Right. Again, it's important to 'let' the installer script do the 'elevating' to su(do) on it's own. As noted in the second bullet point at the link I included earlier. Specifically the bullet point that explains the issue:roadrash wrote:Ok just wondered cos you mention not to run as root/sudo. Ok understand now
.Do not invoke the installer as root (e.g. "sudo ./pminstaller.sh"). On some distros, the sudo command will strip the XAUTHORITY variable (without which any graphical program cannot run). The installer automatically elevates itself using su(do).