Hi again Mark
Thanks for your help.
> > So, I ran the commmand /usr/sbin/net_monitor and it works, but not
> > without before asking me for the admin password :-(
> >
> Yes, you can use sudo. I haven't been following the thread, so
don't
> know which distribution you're using, but most distributions have
the
> sudo program installed.
>
> There should be a file called /etc/sudoers (or something similar,
> /usr/local/etc/sudoers, or /etc/sudo/sudoers.)
>
> Open it with your favorite editor. There is a program called
visudo,
> that is the preferred way to edit the file, but if you're the only
user
> on there, we'll leave that for another time. If you're familiar
with
> the vi editor, which on all distros I know of save Mepis is the
default
> editor for visudo, then do use it, with the command
>
> visudo -f /etc/sudoers
>
> Add this line to it (I usually add these lines at the end, for if
there
> are two conflicting sets of permissions, sudo uses the last one)
>
> I am assuming that all users belong to the users group, which is
> standard on most installations. (Though not all)
>
> %users ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/net_monitor
I changed the sudoers file as you suggested but still I get the prompt
for the password.
Looking around, I have found some mention to "alias" and
"bash_profiles" - could it be I have to do something about this also
and if so, what exactly are aliases?
TIA
eliroven
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