On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 10:06:57AM -0600, Danny G Smith wrote: : I have upgraded to version 9 of SuSE and added myself to the : /etc/sudoers file. : : ># User privilege specification : >root ALL=(ALL) ALL : >dgs ALL=(ALL) ALL : : Now when I run "sudo bash", "sudo su -", etc, as dgs, it does not accept : the password for dgs, I have to type the password for root. I don't : find this acceptable, as I need to give other users limited access to : run jobs, and will not give them the root password. Is there something : I am missing or is this a new bug? You'll see that the stock sudoers file has a config change. Just comment out the "Default targetpw" line in /etc/sudoers. Man sudoers(5) for more nifty things you can stick in there. --Jerry -- "The only thing that is good without qualification or restriction is a good will." -- Immanuel Kant