On Tue Jul 30, 2002 at 10:30:07AM -0700, David Guntner wrote: > I'd look this up in the man page, but the package doesn't seem to have > one....
Well, the first thing I'd suggest is reading the sudo document on MandrakeSecure: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/sudo.php That should answer most, if not all, your sudo questions. > 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? :-) Did you try your own password? -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ "lynx -source http://www.freezer-burn.org/bios/vdanen.gpg | gpg --import" {GnuPG: 1024D/FE6F2AFD : 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}
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