On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:18:48 -0400 John Lindsay <jcl...@sentex.net> wrote:
> If I try 'sudo' in a terminal window, it asks for my password. If I > try 'root's' password I get 'user not in sudoers file'. If I try my > user password I get 'user not in sudoers file. this incident will be > reported.' > > I'm trying to run 'sudo apt-get install mono-complete monodevelop' in > a terminal shell so I can a SDR dongle working under linux. I am > trying to follow the commands from 'rtlsdr.org/softwarelinux. > > If I run them under a root terminal it seems to work without asking > for my password. > > I think all this should be done as a user not as a superuser since I > as the user want to play around with this dongle. > > How do I add 'user' to the sudoers file so it doesn't complain all > the time. I am not a command line guru -- I don't have a great > understanding of all the commands so I need some direction. > > Thanks in advance > > John > > add to /ets/sudoers: yourname ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130402014553.27dd2514@fx4100
