Comments on: Avoid Password Prompt When Executing The Sudo Command

By: szk

szk — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:45:52 +0000

Or just log in as root all the time….
Linux users are usually so stuck up on security they cannot see how implausible for something bad to happen is. Although, the biggest risk is probably the rm command. far, far more dangerous then any virus or hacker.

By: b

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:27:39 +0000

sudo -u oracle -H /bin/bash –login

By: b

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:52:28 +0000

oops… let me clarify. my question is if there is an alternative to “sudo -u oracle -i” other than “sudo su – oracle” (which seems to require root access)? The “sudo -u oracle -s” command works but that is not a full login shell and doesn’t source the oracle user’s environment. I have this setup:

%dbadmins ALL=(oracle) NOPASSWD: ALL

By: b

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:48:26 +0000

I also don’t think you can use that double “NOPASSWD: NOPASSWD:” in the file. When I try to enter that on RHEL4 while using visudo – it complains about a syntax error. That’s another good reason to use “visudo” – syntax checking.

I’m on RHEL4 so I don’t have the “sudo -i oracle” option to change to user oracle w/o a password, like “sudo su – oracle” … but I think that only works if the user also has the ability to sudo to root.

By: Ubuntu spot the difference - Lynx Blog

Ubuntu spot the difference - Lynx Blog — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:24:54 +0000

[...] spot the difference, see how many things you can spot that are wrong with it and post them here.Here is the post in question and it is a cracker. I can think of several things that are wrong with it but see what you can come [...]

By: maco

maco — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:38:25 +0000

“su”? On Ubuntu?

*giggle*

By: Adam Stovicek

Adam Stovicek — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:04:32 +0000

If it's a matter of convenience, wouldn't it make more sense to increase the password timeout than disabling completely? Ubuntu is installed with a default of 15 minutes and I rarely find myself having to enter the password more than once or twice while administering a system. And at times when convenience trumps security, I'll “root up” with sudo -i or su as was stated in the post above. There should be no reason to disable a security reason over convenience.

By: 726b

726b — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:32:06 +0000

I suggest everyone who read this to take a loot at http://blog.lynxworks.eu/20100102/ubuntu-spot-t...

By: Prathamesh

Prathamesh — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:28:04 +0000

I am a Linux Newbie, but from what i know about the Linux structure & its way of functioning: 'THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS & RISKY TRICK'
Rather this is the easiest way to compromise your Operating System & should be never done. A average user should use sudo only & only when extremely necessary.

NEVER EVER USE THIS TRICK.
If anyone doesn't like to type passwords he should use Windows & not Linux.

By: Aoirthoir

Aoirthoir — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:01:04 +0000

Poopieheads!

By: Donny

Donny — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:35:23 +0000

"This is a seriously annoying process."

"It will literally save you time and increase productivity."

Are you a system administrator or an average desktop user? The former usually uses su instead of sudo and it's really not common for the latter to need administrative privileges as often as those two sentences suggest.

By: DarwinSurvivor

DarwinSurvivor — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:50:40 +0000

never, never, never, never, EVER edit /etc/sudoers with anything other than visudo!!!

By: Ubuntu spot the difference | Lynx Blog

Ubuntu spot the difference | Lynx Blog — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:21:17 +0000

[...] Here is the post in question is a cracker. I can think of several things that are wrong with it but see what you can come up with. Here’s a starting hint – man visudo. Share and Enjoy: [...]

By: Eludir la contraseña al ejecutar el comando sudo [Ubuntu] | Snapcodex

Eludir la contraseña al ejecutar el comando sudo [Ubuntu] | Snapcodex — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:34:15 +0000

[...] Personalmente no lo recomiendo, pero si aún quieres hacerlo sigue los siguientes pasos: [...]

By: Nakodari

Nakodari — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:00:06 +0000

Agreed. But if you want to disable it for a short period of time, then you can disable it and then later re-enable it.

We do not recommend disabling it, but just wanted every linux user to know that this is possible.

By: boo

boo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:35:36 +0000

I think it's a good article, although I would disagree doing so..
But anyway it's a good-to-know for Linux users eh..

By: sparky

sparky — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:16:33 +0000

So much for 'bloggers' who understand the purpose of SuDu. Idiots.

By: Nakodari

Nakodari — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:00:06 +0000

Agreed. But if you want to disable it for a short period of time, then you can disable it and then later re-enable it.

We do not recommend disabling it, but just wanted every linux user to know that this is possible.

By: boo

boo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:35:36 +0000

I think it's a good article, although I would disagree doing so..
But anyway it's a good-to-know for Linux users eh..

By: sparky

sparky — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:16:33 +0000

So much for 'bloggers' who understand the purpose of SuDu. Idiots.

By: Nakodari

Nakodari — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:06 +0000

Agreed. But if you want to disable it for a short period of time, then you can disable it and then later re-enable it.

We do not recommend disabling it, but just wanted every linux user to know that this is possible.

By: boo

boo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:35:36 +0000

I think it's a good article, although I would disagree doing so..
But anyway it's a good-to-know for Linux users eh..

By: sparky

sparky — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:16:33 +0000

So much for 'bloggers' who understand the purpose of SuDu. Idiots.

By: Bobdole

Bobdole — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:48:46 +0000

Isn't this a huge security risk?

This basically nullifies any and all security built into linux. If everyone did this, there would be viruses for linux. There's a very good reason it asks for a password in the first place.