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This should be accepted answer, this solved my problem

Callat
– Callat

2018-03-18 18:19:47 +00:00
Commented Mar 18, 2018 at 18:19
I am getting "su: Cannot determine your user name." on doing su -

user674669
– user674669

2019-05-03 23:26:38 +00:00
Commented May 3, 2019 at 23:26
@user674669 have you checked this post: serverfault.com/questions/816969/… ?

Maksim Luzik
– Maksim Luzik

2019-05-06 06:45:33 +00:00
Commented May 6, 2019 at 6:45
Thanks @MaksimLuzik. Mine is a docker container. The ideas on that page aren' helpful to me. Maybe, I should post a separate question.

user674669
– user674669

2019-05-07 03:11:13 +00:00
Commented May 7, 2019 at 3:11
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if you get the package not found error, run apt-get update first. and then apt-get install sudo.

Mahdi Abdi
– Mahdi Abdi

2020-09-04 21:34:30 +00:00
Commented Sep 4, 2020 at 21:34

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