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[doug]

On 01/01/2012 03:38 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2012/1/1 doug<dmcgarrett at optonline.net>:
> The password is ”in effect” for some time (I though it was 15 minutes, 
> but that doesn't matter much), but you still have to type ”sudo” for 
> every command, it's just that you are only asked for the password the 
> first time. Example (UTF-8 is required to read this properly): $ sudo 
> command↵ Password: ··············↵ Command executed, OK. $ sudo 
> another_command↵ Command executed, OK. $ command↵ You need to be root 
> to run this command. $ sudo !!↵ sudo command Command executed, OK. 20 
> minutes later… $ sudo command↵ Password: ··············↵ Command 
> executed, OK. $ sudo command↵ Command executed, OK. …and so on… (↵ 
> means the Enter key and those dots, ”·”, symbolise your entered 
> password). Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
>>   I used to
>> have sudo in pclos, bu the more recent releases have
>> made it impossible.  I found it was very useful, and I
>> never corrupted my system using it.  (I have corrupted
>> my system trying to get it back!)
>>
>>
>> --doug
Thank you.  It's been awhile since I had sudo working, so I forgot.
OT: how did you make the carriage return sign?

--doug