On 05/13/2018 09:12 AM, tv.deb...@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 ;/
