On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:30:07 -0700 "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd look this up in the man page, but the package doesn't seem to have > one.... > > I'm trying to use sudo for some tasks that I start up, so that I don't have > to do a full su to root in a shell window first and then execute the > command that I want to run. However, I can't seem to get the thing to let > me do it. > > I've edited /etc/sudoers to allow group wheel to execute all command, and I > made sure that my "regular user" account is part of that group. Then I > type something really simple like "sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog". It then > prompts me for a password. No matter what password I put in (even when I > put in the root password), it tells me the password is wrong. > > So, what the heck password does sudo want from me? :-) > > --Dave > -- > David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! > http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server > for PGP Public key > > > if you don't need password protection, just add NOPASSWD like this: ME MY_PC = NOPASSWD: MY_COMMAND bye jipe
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