Thread: [CLI] how to become root
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Netweaver is offline Netweaver
2009-11-04 , 01:06
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#9
I installed the 'rootsh' package but when executing the 'sudo gainroot' command in the xterm, in the 'device' screen, I'm getting :
Code:
'sudo: must be setuid root'
when I do in Scratchbox a 'ls -l /usr/bin/sudo' I'm getting this:

Code:
-rwsr-xr-x 2 maemo maemo 84212 2009-04-17 /usr/bin/sudo
shouldn't this be owned by root/root in a normal Linux install ? But this is under Scratchbox, already an emulated install...

anyway, I removed rootsh and reinstalled : same issue.
BTW, the package I'm installing has version 1.5.

the syntax 'rootsh <any single command>' seems to work, the rootsh shell script is created in the /usr/sbin directory but actually it doesn't have root powers either.

Is this supposed to work at all in the SDK ?
Thanks.