On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 19:31, Reindl Harald <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net> wrote:
Am 28.03.2012 19:28, schrieb suvayu ali:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 19:19, Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us> wrote:
>> Yes, I understand that there are times you have to use sudo instead of su in
>> a production environment to ensure that everything gets logged, but I've
>> never understood why anybody would do it at home. Â YMMV and all that jazz,
>> but if this is a home box, I'd suggest asking yourself why you're
bothering
>> with sudo in the first place.
>
> Because sudo with a passwd is a healthy mix of security and
> convenience for a home system.
but the topic is about sudo WITHOUT a pwassword!
I was responding to Joe's comment about "why bother with sudo when I
can use su", not to the OP's problem of NOPASSWD not working.
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Suvayu
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