Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

[Wolfgang Karall <lists+debian-user@karall-edv.at>]

Hello,

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:56:30PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > If I understand you correctly, you never want to type a password when
> > running your commands with sudo?
> 
> Not quite. I want sudo 'activated' when I enter my password.
> 
> Ie, when I log in to XFCE, or when I unlock the xscreensaver, I have
> in both cases just entered my password. So because I just entered my
> password, I expect sudo to be 'activated'.

Ah, now I get it. :)

I suppose there's a way to do this using xscreensaver-command -watch
and some scripting, but if you have only a couple of scripts that
need to run rather often (and are not very "dangerous", i.e. allow no
interactivity or shell commands), then I'd still use NOPASSWD for those
specific scripts in sudoers.

After all, it's not like you can only have one line in sudoers per
user/group. :)

Cheers
Wolfgang