Re: more problems with su and sudo

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 7/1/25 04:25, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 21:36:14 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > The next time you log in, sudo(8) should work:
> >
> > $ sudo pia-linux-3.6.1-08339.run
>
> Even if sudo works, that command won't.  It would need to be something
> like:
>
>      sudo chmod +x pia-linux-3.6.1-08339.run
>      sudo ./pia-linux-3.6.1-08339.run


Thank you for the clarification.


> However, your instructions still leave out one critical piece that I
> suspect Moe may be overlooking:
>
>      * "su" uses the ROOT password.
>      * "sudo" uses YOUR password.


Thank you for the clarification.


Hopefully, Moe now has enough information to install the PIA VPN.


David