On Feb 4, 9:16 am, andrew cooke <and...@acooke.org> wrote: > > actually "su" needs the root (or the target users') password > > and sudo needs _your_ (the current users) password. > > argh, sorry for the confusion.
actually, no. sudo requires the root password. at least on opensuse 11.1 default config. i just tried it: > Python-2.5.4: sudo make install root's password: this is explained in the sudoers file: # In the default (unconfigured) configuration, sudo asks for the root password. # This allows use of an ordinary user account for administration of a freshly # installed system. When configuring sudo, delete the two # following lines: Defaults targetpw # ask for the password of the target user i.e. root ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING! Only use this together with 'Defaults targetpw'! andrew -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
