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May 02 03:00:04 <vish> Ok I'll try now.
May 02 03:00:28 <zmatt> sudo su should obviously work as well, it's just pointlessly wasteful
May 02 03:00:39 <vish> So what would be the password?
May 02 03:00:56 <zmatt> what does the password prompt of sudo say?
May 02 03:01:58 <vish> Its the usual sudo administartor prompt with 3 points and asks for sudo password for debian
May 02 03:02:13 <zmatt> there you go, it asks for the password of the debian account
May 02 03:02:33 <zmatt> (i.e. the same one you used to log in)
May 02 03:02:56 <vish> Omg!!! You are right!
May 02 03:03:15 <vish> I have been thinking its a different password for root'
May 02 03:03:29 <vish> Thank you!
May 02 03:03:46 <zmatt> the root account does have a different password (I forgot what the default is actually), but it's not what sudo asked for
May 02 03:04:43 <vish> correct. so how to actually login to root account?
May 02 03:05:06 <zmatt> normally you don't, since there's rarely a good reason to
May 02 03:05:30 <vish> Ah I see.
May 02 03:05:34 <zmatt> for security reasons, ssh by default doesn't allow root logins using password authentication, only using public-key authentication
May 02 03:06:19 <vish> Oh okay. I do remember reading that somewhere while debugging.
May 02 03:06:40 <zmatt> for most uses it's recommended you use the debian account, which has extensive rights on the system which should suffice for normal day to day use
May 02 03:07:00 <zmatt> for the rare command that needs root privileges (e.g. apt-get) you can just prefix the command with sudo
May 02 03:07:41 <vish> Ok, got it. Thank you.
May 02 03:08:06 <vish> Have been going in rounds! Appreciate the help,
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May 02 21:49:04 <EngineerNeil> Hi , I am using a Beagle Bone Black with Debian 9.5 Installed on it , I have written a
May 02 21:50:04 <EngineerNeil> Python script that I would like it to run everytime the BeagleBone is turned on , any ideas? I found on Stackoverflow a couple of stuff that I tried and did not work with RS.local or init.d , is there another solution for this?
May 02 22:06:59 <artag> would be /etc/init.d/rc.local - is that what you mean ?
May 02 22:08:10 <artag> or maybe systemd has some undocumented magic crap way to do it
May 02 22:49:33 <zmatt> you mean /etc/rc.local ... or better yet, just make a systemd service
May 02 22:50:27 <zmatt> here's an example service file: https://pastebin.com/KXVdTNrL
May 02 22:58:22 <artag> zmatt: you're right, but I checked for /etc/init.d/rc.local and there was one. But /etc/rc.local is the one to change, correct
May 02 22:59:19 <artag> i have nfc where any of systemd is documented so I don't ever reccomend it. Other services exist :)
May 02 22:59:36 <zmatt> systemd has an extensive set of manpages
May 02 22:59:41 <zmatt> as well as numerous articlesw
May 02 23:01:05 <zmatt> and while other options exist for pid 1 on linux, I would definitely not recommend switching away from systemd unless you feel very passionate about doing so and know exactly what you're doing
May 02 23:02:08 <artag> lets not argue about it here. My position is that that was the case with init, and poettering needed the warning.
May 02 23:02:40 <zmatt> no clue what you're saying
May 02 23:03:06 <artag> no worries. as i say, it doesn't need arguing here
May 02 23:03:33 <artag> plenty of other arguments have already raked all the coals there are
May 02 23:03:58 <artag> i'll agree to disagree and accept that beagle users are happy with it as it is
May 03 00:40:21 <EngineerNeil> Hello all , I asked this question earlier here but got disconnected and didn't get to see your replies
May 03 00:40:44 <zmatt> 00:50 < zmatt> here's an example service file: https://pastebin.com/KXVdTNrL
May 03 00:41:39 <EngineerNeil> I am trying to run a python script on my beagle bone every time I power it on , I am using Debian 9.5 on it, I followed this guide and it did not work https://www.itechlounge.net/2017/10/linux-how-to-add-rc-local-in-debian-9/
May 03 00:42:43 <zmatt> that guide is garbage. rc-local.service already exists by default, it will automatically activate whenever /etc/rc.local exists (and is executable)
May 03 00:42:59 <zmatt> generally you should just make a custom service however, /etc/rc.local is just a backwards-compatibility thing
May 03 00:43:29 <EngineerNeil> I see now , thanks for the explanation zmatt , I will try this out
May 03 00:47:40 <EngineerNeil> I am checking the link you sent me , my program indeed needs internet connection before running the program, In that case , are both of these lines necessary ? Wants=systemd-udev-settle.service After=systemd-udev-settle.service
May 03 00:48:00 <EngineerNeil> Wants=systemd-udev-settle.service                            After=systemd-udev-settle.service
May 03 00:49:26 <zmatt> it's not my problem if you can't read the comments in my example
May 03 00:52:14 <EngineerNeil> How am I not able to read them if I just copied them to this chat?
May 03 00:54:11 <EngineerNeil> PS I appreciate the knowledge that you have and the help you provide even though you always seem to be bitter about it
May 03 01:01:27 <EngineerNeil> Thanks , have a good day
May 03 01:37:41 <set_> Bitter!
May 03 01:37:50 <set_> Like beer!
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