David Guntner wrote: >I'd look this up in the man page, but the package doesn't seem to have >one.... > >I'm trying to use sudo for some tasks that I start up, so that I don't have >to do a full su to root in a shell window first and then execute the >command that I want to run. However, I can't seem to get the thing to let >me do it. > >I've edited /etc/sudoers to allow group wheel to execute all command, and I >made sure that my "regular user" account is part of that group. Then I >type something really simple like "sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog". It then >prompts me for a password. No matter what password I put in (even when I >put in the root password), it tells me the password is wrong. > >So, what the heck password does sudo want from me? :-) > > --Dave > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > It wants the password for your user...
But on to another question, what did you edit sudoers with? I hope it was visudo, because nothing else is likely to produce proper results. Civileme
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