Re: Ethereal in the Background
Re: Ethereal in the Background
- Subject: Re: Ethereal in the Background
- From: "Michael W. Fleming" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:00:17 -0700
On Apr 13, 2006, at 10:30 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
"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
When I first tested this, it worked marvelously; however, on
subsequent attempts, I was prompted for the password again. I suspect
the first time was because I tried it within 5 minutes of having
provided sudo with a password. So, I modified the sudoers file to add
the following line just below the line Randy mentions above:
min ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
After which, everything worked as needed. I guess I need to find out
why my account is not in wheel.
Michael
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