sudo doesn't ask me for my password and I didn't even touch /etc/sudoers to do it. A file placed in /etc/sudoers.d with permissions of 0440 having any name you choose and contents like: user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL in it with user being the account name will do it.
On Tue, 30 Nov 2021, Jeremy Ardley wrote: > > On 30/11/21 6:25 am, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > How do I tell sudo not to ask me for my password? > > > > It's me. I'm on my computer. I already logged in with my password. No one > > else is logged on. > > > > I know all you purists out there are rending your garments if not your > > flesh. but c'mon sudo! Can't a brother catch a break around here? > > > > Thank you. > > > edit /etc/sudoers and modify / add > > username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL > > P.S. I am totally unconvinced about the arguments for using sudo rather than > running as root. You can do exactly the same damage with sudo as being root > user. > P.P.S The conventional instruction is to use visudo to do the edits. Which > means using Vi, which is another anachronism that should be humanely put down. > >
