Thanks James. Now it is acting like I want it to. But what about the thing where people were telling me to add the user to the group sudo? Why do you think that wasn't working? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:39 PM, James Dugger wrote: > Mike, the comment symbol in the sudo file is a '#' not a '%'. The % in > the sudo file flags the parser to read the attached trailing letters as a > group. > > Leave the line in /etc/group as you have it. > > comment out the line: > > sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > Like this: > > # sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > and add a new line below it like this: > > %sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL > > and also remove the following line completely from visudo > > bmike1 ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> /etc/group >> ... >> floppy:x:25: >> tape:x:26: >> sudo:x:27:bmike1 <-relevant line >> audio:x:29:pulse >> dip:x:30:bmike1 >> /etc/sudoers >> ... >> # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges >> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL >> >> # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command >> %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL >> <-relevant line >> >> # See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include" directives: >> >> Isn't the line that is commented out supposed to be that way,,,, wait a >> second! If I remember correctly the '%' is a comment symbol too. (if I >> rember right I was messing with a file that used % signs to comment out >> lines. I'll try removing it and see what happens. >> ,.... >> Well I uncomented it and now the error is: >> >> $ sudo visudo >> bmike1 is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. (I'm >> terrified! lol) >> >> So to me this is saying to put the line: >> >> bmike1 ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL >> >> under the line: >> >> sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL >> >> so it looks like: >> >> # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command >> sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL >> <-relevant line >> bmike1 ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL >> <-relevant line >> >> >> but you were saying I should just need to add my userid to the group sudo >> (which, as shown, is already done). So I am at a loss! What should I do. >> >> Also, would someone explain the difference between usin a pound symbol >> and a percent when commenting lines. >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 7:51 PM, James Dugger wrote: >> >>> Mike, >>> >>> Don't know if it was explained above but the % symbol infront of the >>> names in the sudo file is the reference for a group listed in the >>> /etc/group file. So the line >>> >>> %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWORD : ALL >>> >>> When uncommented (remove the # in front if it exists) tells Linux to >>> allow anyone in the sudo group access to ALL commands as root without a >>> password. All you have to do is make sure this line is uncommented using >>> visudo. >>> >>> Then you would edit the /etc/group and add your username to the 'sudo' >>> group line after the ':' on that line. If there is already another user >>> listed simply add a comma to the end of the previous name then a space and >>> add your username at the end (without a comma after your username). >>> >>> Caution: This gives any and all users that are part of the sudo group >>> complete root privileges without password requirements. If this is an >>> issue you can depending on your distro instead use the %wheel group listing >>> in the sudo file. If the %wheel stanza exists (same as the %sudo ... >>> above) and there is a group named wheel in /etc/group you could use this in >>> lieu of %sudo. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 04:48:42PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> > regardless, how do I fix sudoers? >>>> >>>> By deleting the sudoers file and renaming the sudoers.bak file to >>>> sudoers. Uh, you *did* make a backup of the sudoers file...didn't you? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bob Holtzman >>>> If you think you're getting free lunch, >>>> check the price of the beer. >>>> Key ID: 8D549279 >>>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >>>> >>>> iEYEARECAAYFAlHXIKEACgkQv5BYD41UknldegCfT3gS7Xi65I3B50S0QtO+cqR6 >>>> bigAnRZbTvl8BpOJsRBbqm4r7qRq5zbl >>>> =DWfp >>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James >>> >>> *Linkedin * >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > James > > *Linkedin * > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >