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chmod. Changing permission of file

I have remote server with Debian and I need to edit readonly file fcgid.conf on server. When I use sudo: 

sudo su chmod 755 fcgid.conf

it responses:

-bash: sudo: command not found

Also I tried cmod +x:

chmod +x fcgid.conf

And got:

chmod: changing permissions of `fcgid.conf': Operation not permitted

Owner of file is root user and I don't know how to get permission to edit this file.

Solution

  • Sudo is not installed with Debian in the case you have defined a root password in the installation.

    Either install sudo with

    $ apt-get update
$ apt-get install sudo

    and make a sudo rule and add your user into the group:

    $ adduser USERNAME sudo
$ visudo

    enter:

    %sudo ALL = (ALL) ALL

    and then run again

    $ sudo chmod +x fcgid.conf

    see also here: How to properly configure sudoers file, on debian wheezy? or you try 

    $ su root

    and then 

    $ chmod +x fcgid.conf

    Both methods provide that you know the root/admin password...