Messed up folder permissions with bitnami user, I need root user password

davide.pozzi 2018-07-25 10:17:45 UTC #1

Keywords: Redmine - Virtual Machines - Technical issue - Permissions
Description:
I have installed Redmine through Debian pre-packaged virtual machine. I then configures SFTP and SSH, but, needing to increase bitnami user permissions, I messed up ownership of all /ect subfolders. I need root user password, is this available?

jota 2018-07-26 10:45:16 UTC #2

Hi @davide.pozzi,

You can use sudo when running the commands with the bitnami user, can't you use sudo after modifying the permissions of the /etc/sudoers file?

Recovering the permissions of the /etc folder can be hard, I suggest you migrate the information of your current installation to a new one. We can provide you with any version of this solution.

https://docs.bitnami.com/virtual-machine/apps/redmine/#upgrade-redmine-and-all-stack-components-recommended

In order to create the database backup in the current server

mysqldump -u root --databases bitnami_redmine -p > ~/redmineBackup.sql

davide.pozzi 2018-07-26 11:36:28 UTC #3

Exactly...I get this exception:

sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by uid 1000, should be 0
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

Which I cannot solve as I need sudo to solve, or root user credentials...

I will anyway do aso you suggest, thank you for helping !

jota 2018-07-27 08:32:03 UTC #4

Hi @davide.pozzi

We do not configure the root's credentials, that's why I suggested the migration. Apart from that, recovering the permissions of the whole /etc folder can be difficult as I mentioned.

Let us know if you have any questions when migrating the solution.

davide.pozzi 2018-07-27 09:14:53 UTC #5

Hello, I solved by recovering a VM snapshot taken some days before, thank you anyway for the quick reply.

system 2018-08-10 09:14:52 UTC #6

This topic was automatically closed 14 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.

Bitnami provides free all-in-one installers, virtual machines and cloud images for popular open source applications. Get them now!