On 2018-04-14 15:48, David Haller wrote:
And yes, _that_ what a user (or a group) may do, they can do without a password. Anything else requires the target- i.e. usually root-password.
The "usual" "sudo anything" only works with entering the root-pw. And while I'm doing that, why not get rid of it in a controlled fashion so that NOPASSWD can be used, eh?
That's an ubuntuization. The normal thing to do was to ask the user password, and limit which users could do what. If I know the root password, I use "su -", become root, and forget that sudo nuisance. Less letters to type. The sudoers file comes not-configured by default on openSUSE, to make the installation easier. Once installed, the file is changed to limit things and people. It says as much in the comments of the file... -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)