David Guntner wrote:
>civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>
>>David Guntner wrote:
>>
>>>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 /
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
It should want your password, not the root password.
On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 03:30, David Guntner 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
David,
For example, if you are logged in as user linux1, then it wants the
password for user linux1. All other passwords will be rejected. This is
why people typically give someone sudo root access (with a limited subset
of commands they are allowed to run) instead of the root password (at whic
> > >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? :-)
> >
>
jipe grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:30:07 -0700
> "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > So, what the heck password does sudo want from me? :-)
>
> if you don't need password protection, just add NOPASSWD like this:
>
> ME MY_PC = NOPASSWD: MY_COMMAND
I sa
civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>
> David Guntner wrote:
> >
> >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 t
David Guntner 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 ca
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
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
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