Difference between revisions of "Sudo"

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== No password ==
 
== No password ==
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Allow a specific user to sudo without a password:
  
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
your_username ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
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YOUR_USERNAME ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
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</pre>
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Allow all users in the admin group to sudo without a password:
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<pre>
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%admin ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
 
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</pre>

Revision as of 13:31, 20 July 2008


Use `visudo` to make changes to /etc/sudoers.

Set timestamp timeout

The following sets the timestamp timeout to 30 minutes for the given YOUR_USERNAME.

Defaults:YOUR_USERNAME timestamp_timeout=30

The following sets the timestamp timeout to 30 minutes for all users:

Defaults timestamp_timeout=30

No password

Allow a specific user to sudo without a password:

YOUR_USERNAME ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

Allow all users in the admin group to sudo without a password:

%admin ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL