sudo doesn't know my password?

ReeferMac · Guru Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 389

I type in my password, and it fails.Repeatedly. I su,type in the same characters, and it works. sudo, fails.
WTF? Any idea's?
And before anyone asks, yes, I've carefully checked and triple checkd the characters I'm hitting on the keyboard. No typo's.

- Mac

Throstur · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:16 am Post subject:

For sudo you write the user's password, not root's password. And the username has to be in /etc/sudoers

ReeferMac · Guru Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 389

Huh? sudo doesn't automatically assume you want root? Sorry, I'm used to Solaris, 'sudo' is always root, unless you specify a different user account.

I looked in /etc/sudoers... Root's in there.

So I can't just type in

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:10 am Post subject:

ReeferMac,

sudo assumes you want root.

Your currently logged in user, (that issues the sudo command) must be in /etc/sudoers

You use the users password not roots.
What would be the point in handing out the root password to semi-trusted users. They could just su then. sudo allows certain users a derfined subset of system admin commands.
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ReeferMac · Guru Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 389

Ahhhhh.. Gotcha. Now I understand the concept (like I said, it's different in Solaris where I'm used to 'nix).
Thanks, I see the point, as you're describing. Sounds inherently more secure, than the other way. Now if I can just figure out the syntax of that 'sudoers' file.
Thanks for the pointers.

- Mac