Re: Correct sudoers file configuration
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
Hi,
this is standard sudo behavior if you don't have a root account on your
machine. The line you refers to means that "jason" can use sudo from
anywhere (locally or remotely), to acquire any identity, and run any
command.
If you use the default:
Defaults targetpw
sudo will ask for the targeted user's password, if you just use "sudo"
which implies obtaining root privileges, then the root passwd will be
asked for. To always ask for the root password use:
Defaults rootpw
You need to use the command "visudo" to edit the sudo configuration file
(/etc/sudoers).
Tom
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