Answer by Valerio Bozz for Execute sudo without Password?
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS: I agree there are some cases where an user with a password has little sense, and may also decrease security. For example, if you have a shared computer with dedicated admin...
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Open sudo config:sudo visudoadd following line:# Defaults specification Defaults:username !authenticatewhere username is your usesrname.
View ArticleAnswer by user677955 for Execute sudo without Password?
To never prompt the current user for a password when that user uses sudo run this command:echo "$USER ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/dont-prompt-$USER-for-sudo-password
View ArticleAnswer by Seth Bergman for Execute sudo without Password?
Expanding on @upteryx idea.This is how I've implemented the non-root, passwordless user in an ephemeral Docker Image for use in a CICD pipeline:RUN \ groupadd -g 999 foo && useradd -u 999 -g...
View ArticleAnswer by synkro for Execute sudo without Password?
One linersudo sed -i /etc/sudoers -re 's/^%sudo.*/%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/g'
View ArticleAnswer by paradroid for Execute sudo without Password?
This is a one line solution that also changes files permissions as stated in /etc/sudoers.d/README:sudo sh -c 'echo "$(logname) ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/$(logname)'&&...
View ArticleAnswer by WinEunuuchs2Unix for Execute sudo without Password?
From Super User comes a good answer:Use the -S switch which reads the password from STDIN:echo <password> | sudo -S <command>Replace <password> with your password.
View ArticleAnswer by QT-1 for Execute sudo without Password?
The preferred way to grant individual (or group) permissions would be to add files under /etc/sudoers.dThis separates local changes from the default policy and saves time in case the distribution...
View ArticleAnswer by Eric Landry for Execute sudo without Password?
Nice one-liner to remove sudo prompts for the current usersudo bash -c 'echo "$(logname) ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | (EDITOR="tee -a" visudo)'
View ArticleAnswer by user209328 for Execute sudo without Password?
Root sudo timeouts are the easiest and safest way of doing this. I'll lay out all examples but be warned it is very risky any way you do this although this way is much safer:sudo visudoThis opens an...
View ArticleAnswer by Bruno Pereira for Execute sudo without Password?
sudo -i is the way to go if you don't want to be typing a password every 10 mins while doing modifications in your system (or other systems), and you don't want to modify any system files.It will...
View ArticleAnswer by John S Gruber for Execute sudo without Password?
Of course what you want to do isn't recommended. After a while, though entering sudo becomes so automatic that its usefulness diminishes.Another approach is to leave your sudoers file as is and, while...
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Answer by Octávio Filipe Gonçalves for Execute sudo without Password?
You can configure sudo to never ask for your password.Open a Terminal window and type:sudo visudoIn the bottom of the file, add the following line:$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALLWhere $USER is your...
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Inspired by this question....I am the sole person using my system with 12.04.Every time I issue a sudo command; the system asks for the user password (which is good in its own way). However I was...
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