<div dir="ltr">I'm a great fan of dropping a file with "usernamehere ALL=(ALL) ALL" into /etc/sudoers.d/<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 February 2016 at 04:58, Dan Martin via Linux-users <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linux-users@linux-sxs.org" target="_blank">linux-users@linux-sxs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;COLOR:rgb(0,0,0);FONT-SIZE:18px"><div>I like using "sudo", as I don't have to bother with entering a password.<br><br>When I explain it to clients, I tell them they don't have to give me, or anyone else, <br>the root password. <br><br>It's a nuisance to forget "sudo" at the beginning of a command, causing it to fail, but <br><br>sudo !!<br><br>works nicely in those cases. <br></div><div> <br><br></div><div> </div><div style="border-top:1px solid #bcbcbc;margin:5px 0px"></div><span style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000">On 02/04/16, <span>Leon Goldstein via Linux-users<<a href="mailto:linux-users@linux-sxs.org" target="_blank">linux-users@linux-sxs.org</a>></span> wrote:</span><div> </div><div style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000"> Wow! Great to hear from you again, David. BTW I still have my copy of <i>Using Caldera Open Linux</i> you coauthored.<span class=""><br> <br> Is it just me, or does anyone else find having to use sudo, instead of logging in as root user, a PITA?<br> <br> <br> </span><div><div class="h5"><div>On 02/04/2016 12:29 PM, David A. Bandel via Linux-users wrote:<br> </div> </div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"> <div dir="ltr">/me waves <div><br> </div> <div>Still lurking. $DAYJOB is running a university CS department servers and Linux workstations, and physics, math, civil engineering department servers as well -- never a dull moment. RHEL7, Ubuntu, Scientific Linux, Mint, more.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>David-</div> </div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br> <div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 3:58 PM, John C. Voigt via Linux-users <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linux-users@linux-sxs.org" target="_blank">linux-users@linux-sxs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">On 02/01/2016 03:13 AM, James McDonald via Linux-users wrote:<br> <br> > Hi All,<br> <br> <snip><br> <span><br> > Just kidding. I remember when I joined around '99 it was rather busy. Now<br> > I'm not sure if we see a mail every 6 months.<br> <br> </span>Been along for the ride since the Caldera days. The list, in it's<br> various incarnations has always has been a good source for quality<br> information from very knowledgeable people.<br> <span><br> > Anywho. Hi to all the lurkers!<br> <br> </span>/me ;-)<br> <span><br> > PS. Running CentOS on web. Latest Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare Fusion and a<br> > MacBook Pro as my computing metal<br> <br> </span>Opensuse here mostly, but checking out a few other distros from time to<br> time. Don't like the systemd stuff much, but I guess it's what is now.<br> <span><br> > PPS. Discovered docker love it and hate it at the same time.<br> <br> </span>Not delved there yet, looks interesting though.<br> <br> L8R,<br> <br> JV<br> <span><font color="#888888">--<br> _/- John Voigt - K9GBO - Registered Linux User #38558<br> _/- System Administrator - Valley Technology<br> _/- <a href="mailto:jcvoigt@gmail.com" target="_blank">jcvoigt@gmail.com</a> - Terre Haute, IN<br> <br> Experience varies directly with equipment ruined.<br> </font></span> </div></div><span class=""><div> <div>_______________________________________________<br> Linux-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Linux-users@linux-sxs.org" target="_blank">Linux-users@linux-sxs.org</a><br> <a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-users</a><br> </div> </div> </span></blockquote> </div> <br> <br clear="all"> <div><br> </div><span class=""> -- <br> <div>Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. -- Albert Einstein<br> Visit my web page at: <a href="http://david.bandel.us/" target="_blank">http://david.bandel.us/</a></div> </span></div> <br> <fieldset></fieldset> <br> <pre>_______________________________________________Linux-users mailing list<a href="mailto:Linux-users@linux-sxs.org" target="_blank">Linux-users@linux-sxs.org</a><a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-users" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-users</a></pre> </blockquote><span class=""> <br> <pre cols="72">-- Leon A. 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