Is it me or is it sudo?

[suvayu ali]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 19:31, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
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> Am 28.03.2012 19:28, schrieb suvayu ali:
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 19:19, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
>>> Yes, I understand that there are times you have to use sudo instead of su in
>>> a production environment to ensure that everything gets logged, but I've
>>> never understood why anybody would do it at home.  YMMV and all that jazz,
>>> but if this is a home box, I'd suggest asking yourself why you're bothering
>>> with sudo in the first place.
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>> Because sudo with a passwd is a healthy mix of security and
>> convenience for a home system.
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> but the topic is about sudo WITHOUT a pwassword!
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I was responding to Joe's comment about "why bother with sudo when I
can use su", not to the OP's problem of NOPASSWD not working.

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Suvayu

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