On 07/18/2010 05:51 AM, Clemens Eisserer wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to pass "sudo" the root-password in some way (I would > prefer plaintext)? > > The reason is I use an umts-connection utility which has to run as > root, and I don't want to have my parents type a root-password every > time they connect to our ISP. For now I simply didn't set a > root-password, and choose "run as: root" in KDE, but I really dislike > this solution. > > Thank you in advance, Clemens Why not just edit /ect/sudoers and add the line UserName ALL=FullPathnameToUmtsCommand Where UserName is the login name of your parent's account and FullPathnameToUmtsCommand is self explanatory. -- 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