On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:25:42 +0000
Jay K <[email protected]> wrote:

> I thought it'd need me to enter it.
>   And there isn't one.
> 
> Thanks,
>  - Jay
> 
> > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:09:25 -0400
> > Subject: Re: ports/root/make install
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > CC: [email protected]; [email protected]
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Jay K <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > sudo won't work for me -- root password is *.
> >
> > The root password has nothing to do with sudo.
> 

sudo still asks for the executing users password, not root's.
maybe you want to uncomment
%wheel  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: SETENV: ALL
in /etc/sudoers.conf to get your barn doors wide open scenario.

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