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| From: | "Matt Connell (Gmail)" <matthewdconnell@×××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] mounting USB without root password | ||
| Date: | Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:48:04 | ||
| Message-Id: | d9d61dff848f2c7f34c800361cddbd77c3e89aee.camel@gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] mounting USB without root password by thelma@sys-concept.com | ||
| 1 | On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 09:34 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
| 2 | > I uncommented in: sudoers (it works) |
| 3 | > %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL |
| 4 | > %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL |
| 5 | |
| 6 | This feels like fixing a loose screw with a sledgehammer. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | This change allows any wheel group users to execute any command (via |
| 9 | sudo) without authenticating. That is to say, the change is far more |
| 10 | broad than the originally stated issue you're trying to fix. Do you |
| 11 | implicitly trust all wheel group users that much? |
| 12 | |
| 13 | sysfs/udisks, as stated previously, is probably the correct tool for |
| 14 | the job. |
| Subject | Author |
|---|---|
| Re: [gentoo-user] mounting USB without root password | "Matt Connell (Gmail)" <matthewdconnell@×××××.com> |
| Re: [gentoo-user] mounting USB without root password | Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com> |