Sudoers

Fonke0412 · 08-09-2003, 08:02 PM

How do I add a person to my Sudoers List in Red Hat 9?

spurious · 08-09-2003, 08:12 PM

As root, enter 'visudo' at the console prompt. This is the only way to edit your /etc/sudoers file.

If you want a user to be able to execute sudo without having to enter a password, append the following to your sudoers list:

username NOPASSWD: ALL

twantrd · 08-09-2003, 10:28 PM

I heard that enabling this nopasswd option is dangerous to your system's security. Can anyone explain why?

-twantrd

Strike · 08-10-2003, 03:54 PM

Actually it's:

Code:

username  ALL = NOPASSWD : ALL

And yeah you only want to do this for someone you really trust (like, yourself

). It's not a security problem any more than common sense dictates.