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Re: sudoers question

From Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: sudoers question
Date 2023-05-12 14:00 +0200
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On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 07:27:25PM +0800, Tom Reed wrote:
> what's the right way to add an user to run sudo without password?
> I have to edit /etc/sudoers by manual. But I don't think it's a grace way.

*Without password*??  Yes, that will require a manual edit.

There is no "graceful way" to grant that power to users, because that's
an obscene amount of power without a check.  Usually one would only
do this for a non-interactive account (some sort of service/daemon
account that does an automated backup, or something of that nature).

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sudoers question "Tom Reed" <tom@dkinbox.com> - 2023-05-12 13:40 +0200
  Re: sudoers question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-12 14:00 +0200
    Re: sudoers question "Tom Reed" <tom@dkinbox.com> - 2023-05-12 14:10 +0200
      Re: sudoers question Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-12 14:10 +0200
        Re: sudoers question "Tom Reed" <tom@dkinbox.com> - 2023-05-12 14:20 +0200
          Re: sudoers question Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-12 14:30 +0200
          Re: sudoers question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-12 14:30 +0200
          Re: sudoers question Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-05-12 14:40 +0200
          Re: sudoers question Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-05-12 18:20 +0200
      Re: sudoers question Hanno 'Rince' Wagner <wagner@rince.de> - 2023-05-12 14:20 +0200
      Re: sudoers question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-12 14:20 +0200
        Re: sudoers question Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-12 14:30 +0200
          Re: sudoers question Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-12 14:30 +0200
          Re: sudoers question Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-05-12 14:30 +0200
            Re: sudoers question Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희)   <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2023-05-12 16:10 +0200
              Re: sudoers question Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-05-12 16:40 +0200
            Re: sudoers question Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-05-12 17:50 +0200
              Re: sudoers question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-12 17:50 +0200
                Re: sudoers question Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-05-13 10:40 +0200
                Re: sudoers question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 12:30 +0200
                Re: sudoers question debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-05-13 14:20 +0200
                Re: sudoers question Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-05-13 16:20 +0200
            Re: sudoers question Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2023-05-13 00:10 +0200
              Re: sudoers question Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2023-05-13 08:00 +0200
                Re: sudoers question Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2023-05-13 18:10 +0200
                Re: sudoers question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 18:50 +0200
              Re: sudoers question Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-13 12:40 +0200
  Re: sudoers question "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-05-12 14:30 +0200

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