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#1 2016-04-09 15:23:49
- Peregrino69
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[SOLVED] sudo without password
Hi guys
For some reason I can't get sudo w/o password working. I entered to sudoers file via visudo:
user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL... but for some reason it's not working. What gives?
Last edited by Peregrino69 (2016-04-09 21:25:38)
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#2 2016-04-09 15:29:43
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Check the spacing between ALL=(ALL) and the spacing between NOPASSWD:ALL You may need a specific spacing syntax? Does the visudo give you any syntax errors?
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#3 2016-04-09 16:11:15
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Does this work?
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#4 2016-04-09 16:14:11
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Please post the output of:
sudo grep -v '^#\|^$' /etc/sudoersIs your user really called "user"?
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#5 2016-04-09 17:23:38
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
check this out: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sudoers
btw, you will still have to prepend "sudo" to commands even if it doesn't ask for a password.
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#6 2016-04-09 18:25:39
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Hi HoaS & damo 
Check the spacing between ALL=(ALL) and the spacing between NOPASSWD:ALL You may need a specific spacing syntax? Does the visudo give you any syntax errors?
I've tried both tab and space between the terms, also with or without space between NOPASSWD: ALL. This is a standard Bunsen i.e. Deb8 installation, and I'm not aware of any specific syntax here. Worked fine with Waldorf i.e. Wheezy.
user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/sudo
Sorry, doesn't work either.
Is your user really called "user"?
LOL no 
Just pgrino69
Before damo's suggestion:
pgrino69@Bunsen1:~$ sudo grep -v '^#\|^$' /etc/sudoers
Defaults env_reset
Defaults mail_badpass
Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
pgrino69 ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALLAfter damo's suggestion:
pgrino69@Bunsen1:~$ sudo grep -v '^#\|^$' /etc/sudoers
Defaults env_reset
Defaults mail_badpass
Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
pgrino69 ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALLOffline
#7 2016-04-09 18:32:26
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Ooop!
check this out: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sudoers
btw, you will still have to prepend "sudo" to commands even if it doesn't ask for a password.
Hi to you as well I know that one from way back when. Arch Wiki is still one of my preferred resources for a lot of things
HoaS, for comparison the output from my venerable Waldorf workhorse:
Defaults env_reset
Defaults mail_badpass
Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
pgrino69 ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALLLast edited by Peregrino69 (2016-04-09 18:32:46)
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#8 2016-04-09 20:07:55
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Adding my username to sudoers using that exact syntax works just fine on my BL (& Arch) systems 
I don't know why that's not working, sorry.
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#9 2016-04-09 20:22:03
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Wait!
Remove your user from the sudo group and try again:
sudo gpasswd -d pgrino69 sudoThe last line over-rides the previous lines and does not specify NOPASSWD for those in the sudo group.
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#10 2016-04-09 21:00:59
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
HoaS saves the day again!
... but I have absolutely on clue what just happened. After following your advise:
pgrino69@Bunsen1:~$ sudo grep -v '^#\|^$' /etc/sudoers
Defaults env_reset
Defaults mail_badpass
Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
pgrino69 ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL... plus the output from Waldorf and Bunsen are exactly the same to my eyes... can you possibly clarify this a bit? *confusioned*
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#11 2016-04-09 21:09:53
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
can you possibly clarify this a bit?
All you have done is removed pgrino69 from the sudo group -- the password is still set for those in the sudo group but your user has NOPASSWD set and is no longer in the sudo group.
For your #! system, either pgrino69 was not in the sudo group or the behaviour of `sudo` & /etc/sudoers has changed between wheezy & jessie.
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#12 2016-04-09 21:24:43
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Oki. I guess that makes sense
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#13 2016-04-09 21:25:30
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Re: [SOLVED] sudo without password
Please add [SOLVED] to the thread title to help others who may have this problem 
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