-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/18/2010 08:51 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 Just setup sudo to run those commands for your parents account without any prompt for root access. Man sudoers -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxER0kACgkQrlYvE4MpobMqUwCeIAKbFUCyPp1XVtxyvjur04Bl vJgAoOLZ+LmQWWGWdfrqT9RZgou3oZ9W =fTB7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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