Re: Correct sudoers file configuration
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On 05/26/09 08:42, Jason Filippou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When I first installed squeeze on my system, and being oblivious as to
> the presence of any sudoers file in general, I asked a friend to help me
> with the setting up of the sudoers file. I have a sneaking suspicion,
> however, that the configuration applied might be flawed, since whenever
> I'm required to input my password by sudo (to download and install
> software, for instance), the password required is my account password,
> and not the sudo password. Here is my sudoers file:
>
> # Host alias specification
>
> # User alias specification
>
> # Cmnd alias specification
>
> # User privilege specification
> root ALL=(ALL) ALL
> jason ALL=(ALL) ALL
> # Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to not need a password
> # (Note that later entries override this, so you might need to move
> # it further down)
> # %sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
>
> I suspect that something may be wrong at line
>
> jason ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> Anybody can help me with this?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
I thought sudo was meant to use your password, not the root/sudo
password? If you want to change that behaviour, use the following line
at the start of the file:
Defaults:rootpw
Hope that works
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Many thanks
Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A)
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