Does sudo restrict on which users can acquire superuser privileges?
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The password which sudo asks for is the invoking user's password. So a user can have superuser prilleges as long as it remembers its own password, which seem very possible for any user.
So does sudo restrict on which users can acquire superuser privileges in that way? Thanks.
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The password which sudo asks for is the invoking user's password. So a user can have superuser prilleges as long as it remembers its own password, which seem very possible for any user.
So does sudo restrict on which users can acquire superuser privileges in that way? Thanks.
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The password which sudo asks for is the invoking user's password. So a user can have superuser prilleges as long as it remembers its own password, which seem very possible for any user.
So does sudo restrict on which users can acquire superuser privileges in that way? Thanks.
sudo
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Tim
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The password which sudo asks for is the invoking user's password. So a user can have superuser prilleges as long as it remembers its own password, which seem very possible for any user.
So does sudo restrict on which users can acquire superuser privileges in that way? Thanks.
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Yes, this behavior can be controlled in the file called /etc/sudoers on most linux systems. You can add any existing user to that file along with the permissions in specific format. You would need to have root user privileges in order to edit this file. For an example, I have configured my /etc/sudoers file to include that one specific user does not need to enter the password while gaining superuser privileges:
user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
On some Linux flavors, there is a visudo command available which will open the same file for you to edit.
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Yes, this behavior can be controlled in the file called /etc/sudoers on most linux systems. You can add any existing user to that file along with the permissions in specific format. You would need to have root user privileges in order to edit this file. For an example, I have configured my /etc/sudoers file to include that one specific user does not need to enter the password while gaining superuser privileges:
user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
On some Linux flavors, there is a visudo command available which will open the same file for you to edit.
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Yes, this behavior can be controlled in the file called /etc/sudoers on most linux systems. You can add any existing user to that file along with the permissions in specific format. You would need to have root user privileges in order to edit this file. For an example, I have configured my /etc/sudoers file to include that one specific user does not need to enter the password while gaining superuser privileges:
user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
On some Linux flavors, there is a visudo command available which will open the same file for you to edit.
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Yes, this behavior can be controlled in the file called /etc/sudoers on most linux systems. You can add any existing user to that file along with the permissions in specific format. You would need to have root user privileges in order to edit this file. For an example, I have configured my /etc/sudoers file to include that one specific user does not need to enter the password while gaining superuser privileges:
user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
On some Linux flavors, there is a visudo command available which will open the same file for you to edit.
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Yes, this behavior can be controlled in the file called /etc/sudoers on most linux systems. You can add any existing user to that file along with the permissions in specific format. You would need to have root user privileges in order to edit this file. For an example, I have configured my /etc/sudoers file to include that one specific user does not need to enter the password while gaining superuser privileges:
user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
On some Linux flavors, there is a visudo command available which will open the same file for you to edit.
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