sudo to root requires root password in version SuSE version 9?
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? -- thanks, Danny G Smith --------------------------------------------------------- Crystallography Core Computer Manager / Sr UNIX Sys Adm --------------------------------------------------------- Crystallography Dept Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation phone(405)271-8954 fax(405)271-7953 dept(405)271-1672 ========================================================= UNIX air conditioned environment, keep the windows closed
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
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