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Root privileges with LAMPP (XAMPP)

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cvele
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Joined: 2014-01-09 22:13

Root privileges with LAMPP (XAMPP)

#1 Post by cvele »

Hi,
I have LAMPP installed and had only one user. Today I created new user with admin privileges and changed my main acc to standard user account. I changed the root password and the same password is used for new admin acc. Then I restarted the machine, logged in with my standard acc, started LAMPP UI and I managed to login with root password. In console, I am not able to use sudo su with any password, so what is the difference here? Why am I able to start LAMPP as standard user typing root password?

kevinthefixer
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Re: Root privileges with LAMPP (XAMPP)

#2 Post by kevinthefixer »

Possible your user is not a member of group sudo. Did you try with just su?

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cvele
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Re: Root privileges with LAMPP (XAMPP)

#3 Post by cvele »

The user that I decided to use from now on was in sudoers group. I removed it and created new admin user. But I'm still able to start LAMPP with my old user. That's what's not clear to me :) In console I cannot user sudo, but I can start LAMPP if I type in new root password. The popup for password is from gksudo, if I remeber well.

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