Mariusz Gronczewski wrote on 10/10/18 8:17 AM:
> Hi,
>
> On previous releases, and on our CentOS systems I could change password of
> user by just sudo-ing to root and typing "passwd testuser"
>
> In current Debian release, doing that asks me to specify that user password,
> which is pointless because:
>
> * I can access /etc/shadow anyway
> * I'm changing it because user forgot it
>
> Is there any way to set passwd (or PAM) to not ask root for current password
> on passwd-ing non-root accounts ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Mariusz
>
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When I enter sudo passwd testuser
I get a prompt Enter new UNIX password:
Perhaps your sudoers file is not set up correctly?
I have mine:
(myid) ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL
Good Luck!
Dennis
