On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:47:09 +0000 Pietro Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There isn't any NOPASSWD, but if I give the password the first time, > sudo doesn't ask for it anymore in the next 5 min or so... > see : man sudoers the timestamp_timeout section > I think I really misunderstood the purpose of sudo. I thought that it > was used to automatically login as root, give a command, and log back > out to user who invoked the command. more or less, yes > So what's the purpose of asking for the password of the actually > logged in user? with sudo you can allow normal users to do certain things without the need for sharing the root-password here are some examples : http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/man/sudoers.html#examples _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"