Thats a really bad idea and destroys system security completely. I strongly advise nobody to do this, its a REALLY bad idea.
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Chow Loong Jin <hyper...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sunday 25,April,2010 10:18 PM, Pierre Yahoo wrote: > > Visudo permissions do not work. I tried to give myself permissions for > > password-free actions typing sudo visudo in a terminal (e.g. to > > hibernate using a shortcut (launcher) myusername > > ALL=NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/pm-hibernate or myusername ALL=NOPASSWD: > > /usr/bin/srm to make a secure-delete trashcan). > > > > It does not work, the same command and launcher worked in Debian and > > Puppy but not in Lubuntu. > > > > It works, however, if I already signed in with password in a terminal or > > Synaptic. > > Works just fine for me in Ubuntu. I don't see why it wouldn't work for you. > If > it needs you to sign in with a password first, it means that the NOPASSWD > part > isn't working. Try "sudo -k" in a terminal followed by "sudo > /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate" in a terminal and see whether it prompts you for > your > password. > > -- > Kind regards, > Chow Loong Jin > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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