Can't run as root without the -u switch

FerdieQO · Sep 15, 2016

When running a command on my VPS via SSH, I faced with this error

Code:

can't run as root without the -u switch

never get this error before. What it is? why causes this error and how to solve it?

Thanks

LJSHost · Sep 15, 2016

What command are you trying to run ?

mondoserv · Nov 24, 2016

the binary you are trying to run cannot be executed as root, it needs to be run as a user.
e.g. 'memcached -d -u nobody -m 1024 -l 127.0.0.1 -p 11211' memcached runs as user 'nobody'

miken · Jul 9, 2018

Some VPS providers might require you to login to an account (an administrator account) that they provided you, after that you need to use -u switch to log into root account.
I have ever used this way on a VPS provider in the past but never do it again with current VPS providers recent years.

qbeststar · Jul 11, 2018

FerdieQO said:
When running a command on my VPS via SSH, I faced with this error

Code:

can't run as root without the -u switch

never get this error before. What it is? why causes this error and how to solve it?

Thanks

Hi.

When you enter login to SSH , did you use "root" ?

well-web · Aug 13, 2018

May be your OS Ubuntu/Debian
Try, please:

"sudo need_commnand"
and put your root pass.

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