http://miska.dev/tags/sailfish-os/Recent content in Sailfish-Os on Miska.devHugo -- gohugo.ioencontact@miska.dev (Miska Hämäläinen)contact@miska.dev (Miska Hämäläinen)© 2026 Miska HämäläinenThu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://miska.dev/blog/sailfish-crest-nopasswd-sudo/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000contact@miska.dev (Miska Hämäläinen)http://miska.dev/blog/sailfish-crest-nopasswd-sudo/<p>Android apps on Sailfish OS run in the android container, which has its own PID namespace. A regular app can&rsquo;t signal those processes and force-killing them requires root. <a href="https://openrepos.net/content/ade/crest-fork" target="_blank" >Crest</a> does this by running <code>/usr/bin/harbour-crest</code> as root, but it doesn&rsquo;t come with sudo: you have to grant it a scoped NOPASSWD rule yourself.</p> <h2 class="relative group">Steps <div id="steps" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#steps" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Get a root shell.</p>