ALL just gives you the ability to run sudo on all binaries. If you don't want to give your password every time you use sudo then you need to use the NOPASSWD option.
ie: exampleuser ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: > I just tried saving it as sudoers rather than as the .tmp file but still > it requires a password. Please tell me what I am doing wrong? > Here is the file <user is ***> > > # Cmnd alias specification > > # User privilege specification > root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > *** ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges > admin ALL=(ALL) ALL > *** ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command > sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > *** ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 2:23 PM, James Mcphee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> sudoers.tmp is the lock file visudo uses to make sure there aren't >> multiple edits going on at the same time. >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am trying to add my user to 'sudoers'. After I do I press cntrl-X and >>> it says the file it is going to save is 'sudoers.tmp' . So I save it like >>> that and my user still requires a password. should I not save it as the >>> .tmp file but rather as 'sudoers'. I don't remember it being like that last >>> time I did this! >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> James McPhee >> [email protected] >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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