[GRLUG] FreeSpire! A Distro for your windows to linux converts

[Bill Creswell]

I agree - wasn't asking for it to do that, I wondered why. I would just as
soon require a password to make changes, in case it wasn't me - if my
computer was public.

On 7/22/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I hate to go offtopic, but why do people not want sudo to ask for a
> password?  Sure there's convenience, but it makes it easy for anyone
> with a minute's access to your system to completely compromise it with
> an adduser action and a brief foray into /etc/sudoers.
>
> On 7/22/06, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Ubuntu 5.04 (sudo-1.6.8p9-2ubuntu2.3):
> >
> > # User privilege specification
> > root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> > yourid   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
> >
> >
> > On Fedora 2 (sudo-1.6.7p5-26):
> > # User privilege specification
> > root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> > yourid   ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/22/06, Bill Creswell <billcreswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I can't seem to run synaptic from the menu, because it asks for a
> password.
> > > I type sudo synaptic
> > > ( my sudoers file was just as Godwin said
> > >
> > > # User privilege specification
> > > root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> > > youruseridhere   ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/20/06, Benjamin Eavey <ben at eavey.com> wrote:
> > > > > Supports command-line apt-get, so I have to really learn that - No
> way I
> > > > > am using "Click n Run".
> > > >
> > > > You can install Synaptic, if you'd like to ease into the Debian way
> of
> > > > doing things.  It's a nice, easy-to-use GUI for Debian-based
> OSs.  Just
> > > > "apt-get update ; apt-get install synaptic" as root.
> > > >
> > > > -Ben
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