Sudo no password

[kari]

Here’s how you can set Ubuntu to not prompt for your password when using sudo.
Launch a terminal window and enter the following command:

# sudo visudo

Visudo is a tool used to edit the configuration file of sudo . The command will prompt your for your password. Enter it one last time. The configuration file will open in a text editor, most likely Nano. Scroll down to the end of the document and add the following line:

username ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

Replace username with the username of the user you want to allow a passwordless sudo. So if the user is kari, you would enter:

kari ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

Save and exit the file. Log out, log in as the user kari and test out your new passwordless sudo.

Note: this is something that is not recommended if you are using your computer in a public place or at your work

[eleos]

Thnx!
Very usefull post

[hackhain]

Here?s how you can set Ubuntu to not prompt for your password when using sudo.
Launch a terminal window and enter the following command:

# sudo visudo

Visudo is a tool used to edit the configuration file of sudo . The command will prompt your for your password. Enter it one last time. The configuration file will open in a text editor, most likely Nano. Scroll down to the end of the document and add the following line:

username ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

Replace username with the username of the user you want to allow a passwordless sudo. So if the user is kari, you would enter:

kari ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

Save and exit the file. Log out, log in as the user kari and test out your new passwordless sudo.

Note: this is something that is not recommended if you are using your computer in a public place or at your work
Beware of that you are serving yourself in silver plate with root privileges. That's why we are using sudo with pass for your security.

[zerofool2005]

They are right. You should only run things in root if you really need to.

Root is dangerous if mis-handled

[jeremias]

Hi

Very useful, post thank you!

Jeremias

[rwl408]

Here?s how you can set Ubuntu to not prompt for your password when using sudo.


It would be safer to limit the scope of "no password" through CMD_ALIAS. For example, I skip the password for reboot, shutdown, mount, and umount only.

[rwl408]

It would be safer to limit the scope of "no password" through CMD_ALIAS. For example, I skip the password for reboot, shutdown, mount, and umount only.

By the way, be extremely careful when you "su visudo". It is too easy to mess up things and I had to boot to recovery mode to fix it a few times.

[stealthier]

I think that you shouldn't do it, cause it is not so good for your security m8. You increase vulnerability with that thing

[mondeo1965]

I will never do that on my Ubuntu computer.

[radu_gostian]

And that s how you make your account to a root one :).
Why bother with that account just use root account instead :)

[makikou]

very usefull post, thanks for post