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Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password

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On 05/13/2018 09:12 AM, tv.debian@googlemail.com wrote:
> On 13/05/2018 18:48, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> The underlying problem is not understanding what I read concerning 
>> sudo &/or /etc/sudoers (*INCLUDING* man pages).
>>
>> Only *ONE* individual has physical access to my _personal_ machine.
>> Therefore, any distinction between 'richard' and 'root' is inherently 
>> artificial.
>>
>> The result I wish to achieve is to click on the icon for either 
>> GParted or Synaptic *WITHOUT* being asked for a password (either 
>> root's or user's).
>>
>> I've found vague hints that adding a line to my local /etc/sudoers file
>> such as
>>    richard     ALL = /usr/sbin/gparted , /usr/sbin/synaptic
>> would accomplish my goal.
>> Is that correct?
>>
>> Also my reading suggested that adding myself to sudoers group would be 
>> required.
>>
>> This has an undesired side effect. I'm asked for my user password 
>> instead of my root password. I currently have four different installs 
>> of Debian each having an intentionally identical sets of UID, GID, and 
>> passwords. No matter which install is active, if asked for an admin
>> password I want it to be the 'root password'
>>
>> N.B.
>> My previous statement
>>> The result I wish to achive is to click on the icon for either
>>> GParted or Synaptic *WITHOUT* being asked for a password > (either 
>>> root's or user's).
>> would apply only to the install on this partition.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Hello, to grant yourself "sudo" usage you can add your user to "sudo" 
> group, or put this in your /etc/sudoers file:
[snip]

Is "sudo" and cousins an appropriate tool?

Should I make myself a member of the group "LeRoi".
Members of "LeRoi" having inherent permission to run a finite set of 
programs.

CAVEAT LECTOR: bi-lingual pun ;/

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Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 15:40 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password "tv.debian@googlemail.com" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2018-05-13 16:20 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 21:50 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-05-14 10:00 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 10:50 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-14 15:10 +0200
          Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-15 02:50 +0200
            Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 13:30 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-05-15 14:50 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 16:10 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-15 19:00 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-05-15 20:30 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-05-16 11:30 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password "John Crawley (johnraff)" <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-05-15 07:50 +0200
          Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 15:30 +0200
            Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-05-16 07:40 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-16 09:50 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-13 16:20 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 21:50 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-14 03:30 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-05-14 08:00 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 09:00 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-13 16:30 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 22:00 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-13 22:20 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 09:20 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-14 15:40 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-05-14 01:10 +0200

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