Re: sudo su gives root without prompting for a password

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Subject: Re: sudo su gives root without prompting for a password
From: bkhl@elektrubadur.se (Björn Lindström)
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 01:34:03 +0100
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"Benedict Verheyen" <linux4bene@pandora.be> writes:

> The entries with NOPASSWD are because of a backup script.  So why
> don't i need to type a password for running "sudo su".  It just
> doesn't feel right the way it's now.

I don't really know, but why not simplify your sudoers and just run your
backup script with 'sudo script', instead of repeatedly calling sudo in it.

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Björn Lindström <bkhl@elektrubadur.se
http://bkhl.elektrubadur.se/

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