Re: Don't try this at home kids
sudo doesn't ask me for my password and I didn't even touch /etc/sudoers
to do it. A file placed in /etc/sudoers.d with permissions of 0440 having
any name you choose and contents like:
user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
in it with user being the account name will do it.
On Tue, 30 Nov 2021, Jeremy Ardley wrote:
>
> On 30/11/21 6:25 am, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > How do I tell sudo not to ask me for my password?
> >
> > It's me. I'm on my computer. I already logged in with my password. No one
> > else is logged on.
> >
> > I know all you purists out there are rending your garments if not your
> > flesh. but c'mon sudo! Can't a brother catch a break around here?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> edit /etc/sudoers and modify / add
>
> username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
>
> P.S. I am totally unconvinced about the arguments for using sudo rather than
> running as root. You can do exactly the same damage with sudo as being root
> user.
> P.P.S The conventional instruction is to use visudo to do the edits. Which
> means using Vi, which is another anachronism that should be humanely put down.
>
>
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