Re: Ethereal in the Background
Re: Ethereal in the Background
- Subject: Re: Ethereal in the Background
- From: email@hidden (Randal L. Schwartz)
- Date: 13 Apr 2006 22:30:21 -0700
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael W Fleming <email@hidden> writes:
Michael> 1) When I am prompted for the sudo password, it shows up in plain
Michael> text on the screen. Is there any way to keep the password from
Michael> echoing?
Just enable sudo without a password. Unless you've configured your
openfirmware to require a password on boot and disable single user mode, your
machine is vulnerable to reboot with command-S, so permitting sudo without a
password is not an additional risk. In other words, you'll always be counting
on physical access security anyway.
Uncomment the line as indicated using "sudo visudo":
# Same thing without a password
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
And that's the last time you'll need to enter a sudo password. :)
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