Using sudo over ssh connection

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Hi and following on from getting passwordless ssh into my OSMC on RPi and VPN working correctly, I have three questions:-

1.What is the correct way to run sudo apt-get install psmisc over ssh from my workstation terminal?

2.I ask the above because, having installed VPN which is working fine, I can no longer esc to terminal screen to be able to run sudo commands from terminal of osmc machine.

If I run an installation as exampled above over ssh, will I have ownership issues because I ran from workstation not on RPi machine?

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Hi,

The same way you issue the from the esc terminal issues.

No permissions issues, as the permissions are to do with user you’ve logged in as (omsc); not the workstation you’ve logged in from.

Thanks Tom.

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Hi Tom,
Thanks for the reply. Not sure I follow but the esc method does not work any more and neither does holding down ctrl. If I use the esc method the system tends to freeze. I have read the several threads and the wiki but still no joy here.

I tried using the sudo command from my terminal with ssh to RPi and received an error. Tried again following your message and this time it worked so thanks for that.

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Hi,

Glad to hear you got the command working.

Although your system shouldn’t be freezing when trying to access the command line; when it pressing escape.

It maybe worth providing some logs, so we can try try and work out whats going on:

Thanks Tom.