On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:11:31 +0100 Anthony Metcalf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Melvin wrote: > > > > HI, > > > > > > > > I have been using ubuntu for a while and have come to like sudo. > > > > > > > > Now I am moving over to gentoo and would like to set this up as > > for me it is far more convenient to just type sudo rather than > > the su business. > > > > > > > > However when I emerge sudo, install and run it the following > > comes up with: > > > > > > > > We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System > > > > Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: > > > > > > > > #1) Respect the privacy of others. > > > > #2) Think before you type. > > > > #3) With great power comes great responsibility. > > > > > > > > Password: > > > > > > > > Which is all very good but I don’t really want to see it every > > time, I have searched on how to remove it but have found nothing, > > I did download sudo tar and do a grep and found it in one of the > > c files but as I am not a programmer I don’t know if I can simply > > remove this or not. > > > > > > > > How can I, when I sudo,: > > > > > > > > 1.get rid of all the text > > > > 2.change the password line to something, dare I say it, like > > ubuntu, e.g. [sudo] password for paul, I assume paul is just a > > $USER > > > > > Look at /etc/sudoers It is very well documented. > > I have a line like > > # Same thing without a password > > %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL > which mean sthat anyone in the wheel group can use sudo as you want. > > Anthony >
Note that the correct way to edit the /etc/sudoers file is w/ the command visudo as root, rather than editing the file directly in your favorite editor. Set the EDITOR environment variable to your preferred editor & visudo should use it. Conway S. Smith -- [email protected] mailing list
