Q) I don't run sendmail on my machine. Does this mean that I cannot
use sudo?
-A) No, you just need to run use the --without-sendmail argument to configure.
+A) No, you just need to run use the --without-sendmail argument to configure
+ or add "!mailerpath" to the Defaults line in /etc/sudoers.
Q) When I run visudo it uses vi as the editor and I hate vi. How
can I make it use another editor?
A) To specify this on a per-user (and per-command) basis, use the 'NOPASSWD'
tag right before the command list in sudoers. See the sudoers man page
and sample.sudoers for details. To disable passwords completely,
- run configure with the --without-passwd option.
+ run configure with the --without-passwd option or add "!authenticate"
+ to the Defaults line in /etc/sudoers. You can also turn off authentication
+ on a per-user or per-host basis using a user or host-specific Defaults
+ entry in sudoers.
Q) When I run configure, it dies with the following error:
"no acceptable cc found in $PATH".