Startup program needs root password - how to run autom.

[zodac11]

You have lots of company on this. I've been searching. One suggest of interest is that it is your user password (not root) that is needed. Can you try this?

You aren't trying to run Debian as root are you? If so, don't. It is a big security risk.

Looks like it really asks for user password. Is there a solution based on asking for user passwd at autostart instead of root?

[Bulkley]

Looks like it really asks for user password.

That makes more sense. It is more secure too.

Is there a solution based on asking for user passwd at autostart . . . ?

Do mullvad and mtunnel have password save features? I'm thinking of my email that "remembers" my login password. I have my email client in my autostart and it checks for mail as it comes up without my having to do anything. I would expect mullvad and mtunnel to have similar settings. Do they?

[steve_v]

Looks like it really asks for user password. Is there a solution based on asking for user passwd at autostart instead of root?

An expect script might work (assuming you are comfortable with plaintext password handling ofc.)

[zodac11]

Looks like it really asks for user password.

That makes more sense. It is more secure too.

Is there a solution based on asking for user passwd at autostart . . . ?

Do mullvad and mtunnel have password save features? I'm thinking of my email that "remembers" my login password. I have my email client in my autostart and it checks for mail as it comes up without my having to do anything. I would expect mullvad and mtunnel to have similar settings. Do they?

I uninstalled and reinstalled and now though I add both mullvad and mtunnel to startup, now they do not start after boot. Mullvad does not have a password, just needs an account number to work. There really must be something without sudoers file. I tried to make a script to makee usr/bin/mullvad and usr/bin/mtunnel but still need a long way to read about linux I suppose.