On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/24/2010 03:48 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM, terry <xtlynne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I've looked through the systems > administation but cannot figure how >>> to put myself in the file where I can use say sudo yum something >>> without having to use su , passwd each time I need to be root >>> thank you. >> >> I assume that you would like it where the sudo does not require a >> password either? In that case su into a root terminal login and type >> "visudo". Twards the bottom of the file there is a line that is >> commented out that allows all users of the "wheel" group to access all >> commands without a password. Uncomment the line and save the file, >> i.e. ":wq". Use the GUI User and Groups control panel to add yourself >> to the "wheel" group and logout and back in. If you did everything >> correctly then you should be able to "sudo <command>" anything and it >> should work without prompting for a password. >> > > > Evil foolishness! One should always require a password for sudo. It's > like an "Are You Sure?" prompt. I don't setup mine with the NOPASSWD option, but he asked... :) Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
