Re: [gentoo-user] Sudo config

[Conway S. Smith]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:11:31 +0100
Anthony Metcalf <Anthony.Metcalf@×××××××××××.cx> wrote:
> Paul Melvin wrote:
> >
> > HI,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have been using ubuntu for a while and have come to like sudo.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now I am moving over to gentoo and would like to set this up as
> > for me it is far more convenient to just type sudo rather than
> > the su business.
> >
> >
> >
> > However when I emerge sudo, install and run it the following
> > comes up with:
> >
> >
> >
> > We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
> >
> > Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
> >
> >
> >
> >     #1) Respect the privacy of others.
> >
> >     #2) Think before you type.
> >
> >     #3) With great power comes great responsibility.
> >
> >
> >
> > Password:
> >
> >
> >
> > Which is all very good but I don’t really want to see it every
> > time, I have searched on how to remove it but have found nothing,
> > I did download sudo tar and do a grep and found it in one of the
> > c files but as I am not a programmer I don’t know if I can simply
> > remove this or not.
> >
> >
> >
> > How can I, when I sudo,:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.get rid of all the text
> >
> > 2.change the password line to something, dare I say it, like
> > ubuntu, e.g. [sudo] password for paul, I assume paul is just a
> > $USER
> >
> >
> Look at /etc/sudoers It is very well documented.
>
> I have a line like
> > # Same thing without a password
> > %wheel  ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
> which mean sthat anyone in the wheel group can use sudo as you want.
>
> Anthony
>

Note that the correct way to edit the /etc/sudoers file is w/ the
command visudo as root, rather than editing the file directly in your
favorite editor.  Set the EDITOR environment variable to your
preferred editor & visudo should use it.


Conway S. Smith
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