Re: [ProgSoc] adding sudoers

[Pramod Korathota <bug@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 tony@nospam.cybersorceress.com.au wrote:
 
> Try using your own password - not root's.
> sudo works by authenticating the 'source' user (you), not the 'target' user
> (root).

Ahem, I should have known that, I guess. :) Thanks for pointing that
out. Now I can go and play around with sudoers a bit more and
start adding the extra options.

Pramod,


-- 
Pramod Korathota <bug@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>

"Engineers never lie; we just approximate the truth."


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