alias for user to gain root tty with no passwd

officecase · 05-10-2007, 07:42 PM

I am looking to add a line in the .bashrc so when I open up a terminal I am given a root prompt without being prompted for a password. Or maybe there is a better way to do this.

I know about su and sudo. I know it is a big security risk. I am just trying to create an alias root account close enough to the root without being the root. And I don't want to change my UID to 0.

custangro · 05-10-2007, 08:11 PM

You could add yourself to the /etc/sudoers and add this line under the section # Same thing without a password :

Code:

%group        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL

%group is the name of the primary group the user that you want to have automatic root access (to find out the primary group type id in the command line). Then under the .bashrc file add the lines:

Code:

alias nopass='sudo su -'
nopass

Next time you login you'll have root access without a password....BE CAREFUL...I havent actually tried this but It might work. If I'm wrong somone correct me...

-custangro

officecase · 05-11-2007, 11:05 AM

Wow! That worked like a charm! Thank you very much!