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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Terry Polzin <foxec208(a)wowway.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 15:32 -0500, Mike Williams wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wouldn't this actually enable passwordless sudo for all members of the
wheel
> > group, rather than just for one user?
> >
> > What would the config look like if the OP wants to be both a member of the
> > wheel group, and have a paswordless sudo config *only* for himself?
>
> Just use the username of the user instead of %wheel
>
> mike ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
>
> Adding a user to the wheel group is a separate issue. This can be
> done via the user manager gui, or by editing /etc/group. As far as
> the sudoers file goes, all settings for wheel are commented out by
> default
>
> Not sure if there are other reasons to add a user to the wheel group.
> Don't think there is any other use for the wheel group. Perhaps
> someone else who knows can respond to that issue.
>
> Mike
F16 first boot after a fresh install asks you if you want to add your
new user(s) to the admin group (wheel). It was the easiest way to
explain it to the o/p.