Re: sudo does not respond to settings in /etc/sudoers

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 11/15/2015 11:18 AM, Joe wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:44:10 -0500
> Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 11/14/2015 03:01 PM, Joe wrote:
> > Your example will
> > > still ask for a password, and anyway it's either/or: you can either
> > > add yourself to the sudo group or add your name to sudoers, you
> > > don't need both.
> >
> > I had to, before it would work. YMMV, Ric
>
> You must have an unusually paranoid computer. I have a sid workstation
> and wheezy server running at the moment, neither of which has any
> members of the sudo group, which I think is a relatively recent
> innovation in Debian.
>
> It might be one of those situations where 'I did A and it didn't work,
> I did B and it didn't work, I did C and it finally did work, and I was
> so relieved that I could get on with the job that was being held up that
> I didn't take the time to go back and undo A and B'. We've all been
> there, and have bits of mostly harmless cruft here and there to prove
> it...

I just installed fresh, after a stinkin' seagate drive failed miserably, 
and had to do both steps before sudo would work. It's become automatic 
to do A and B to get C. But then again, I've never reversed the process 
to see if A or B could be omitted. Maybe I'm scared. <cackles>  Ric




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