No need to give password anymore??

[Robert Parker]

On 10/2/06, John DeCarlo <johndecarlo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/30/06, Tez <binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > Steven Pasternak wrote:
> > > Hi! On Kubuntu 6.06, I updated the other day and since then I haven't
> > > had to give the password to do any admin stuff. Is that supposed to
> > > happen? It seems a little insecure to me. Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > Check if your user is in the sudo group, if it is then that's why you
> > don't have to give a password anymore. If you want the old way back,
> > just remove the user from the sudo group.
>
> Tez,
>
> Can you elaborate?  Because I don't understand.
>
> As a member of the sudo group, I still used to have to type in my
> password when doing any sudo activities.  Has this changed, or is
> there a bug?

Probably just a different entry in the sudoers file 'NOPASSWD' or
something like that.
Man sudoers

Bob

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