Hi. On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 02:11:51PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > I don't understand how a user whithout the root password, and only > > his own password could use sudo, which seems to be how Debian is set > > up. > > > Not just Debian. > And it's by using the "NOPASSWD" option (with, as Bob has clarified) in > the first user created's sudoers profile
No, NOPASSWD only allows user to use sudo without any password at all. If NOPASSWD is not set, sudo decides whenever to ask user's or root's password by looking for rootpw variable in sudoers(5). Btw, rootpw is off by default. Reco -- 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/20131025074617.GA24652@x101h
