Re: Ethereal in the Background
Re: Ethereal in the Background
- Subject: Re: Ethereal in the Background
- From: Hemant Shah <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:23:34 -0700 (PDT)
Why all all commands to run without password. Just allow ethereal to
run without password:
username ALL= (root) NOPASSWD: /path/to/ethereal
--- "Michael W. Fleming" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> 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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