No more giving password to sudo

Tez binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Oct 25 15:32:02 UTC 2006


Steven Pasternak wrote:
> Hi! I have Kubuntu 6.06 installed on 2 different machines, and on one I 
> somehow made it where I don't have to give a password for anything 
> anymore. That also includes kdesu and gksu. How do I do that on the 
> other? I already used visudo ( [username] ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL) and 
> ran all of the updates, but the second machine still nags me for a 
> password. On the first, I did install kde 3.5.5 from another repo, but 
> that is the only real difference I can think of. Also, all the universe 
> and multiverse stuff is set on both. I know it is insecure, but the 
> second computer is never connected to the internet anyway, so I really 
> don't care about that. Thanks!
> -Steven
>
>   
In my /etc/sudoers I have:
%adm ALL=(ALL) ALL

so the members of the adm (admin) group can use sudo, but to make it so
a user won't have to put in a password you should add them to the "sudo"
group.

Tez






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