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Re: Don't try this at home kids

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On 30/11/21 6:25 am, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> How do I tell sudo not to ask me for my password?
>
> It's me. I'm on my computer. I already logged in with my password. No 
> one else is logged on.
>
> I know all you purists out there are rending your garments if not your 
> flesh. but c'mon sudo! Can't a brother catch a break around here?
>
> Thank you.
>
edit /etc/sudoers and modify / add

username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

P.S. I am totally unconvinced about the arguments for using sudo rather 
than running as root. You can do exactly the same damage with sudo as 
being root user.
P.P.S The conventional instruction is to use visudo to do the edits. 
Which means using Vi, which is another anachronism that should be 
humanely put down.

-- 
Jeremy A

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Don't try this at home kids Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2021-11-29 23:40 +0100
  Re: Don't try this at home kids Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-11-29 23:50 +0100
    Re: Don't try this at home kids Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2021-11-29 23:50 +0100
      Re: Don't try this at home kids David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-30 05:50 +0100
        Re: Don't try this at home kids Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-11-30 07:00 +0100
          Re: Don't try this at home kids Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> - 2021-11-30 18:20 +0100
            Re: Don't try this at home kids Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-11-30 19:20 +0100
              Re: Don't try this at home kids David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-03 03:50 +0100
            Re: Don't try this at home kids Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-11-30 20:40 +0100
              Re: Don't try this at home kids Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-05 16:40 +0100
        Re: Don't try this at home kids Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-05 16:50 +0100
    Re: Don't try this at home kids Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-11-30 00:00 +0100
    Re: Don't try this at home kids "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2021-11-30 00:20 +0100
      Re: Don't try this at home kids Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-11-30 00:30 +0100
      Re: Don't try this at home kids John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2021-11-30 01:10 +0100
      Re: Don't try this at home kids Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2021-11-30 01:10 +0100
      Re: Don't try this at home kids Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-11-30 01:30 +0100
        Re: Don't try this at home kids Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2021-11-30 05:30 +0100
          Re: Don't try this at home kids Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-12-03 05:50 +0100
  Re: Don't try this at home kids Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> - 2021-11-30 00:00 +0100
  Re: Don't try this at home kids Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org> - 2021-11-30 00:00 +0100

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