From: Todd C. Miller Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:26:09 +0000 (+0000) Subject: talk about run-time options in addition to compile-time options X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_6_0 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ee9af297461f746ee9f1231bccbd08f3b631bbca;p=sudo talk about run-time options in addition to compile-time options --- diff --git a/TROUBLESHOOTING b/TROUBLESHOOTING index 18107c3b5..06ce25c84 100644 --- a/TROUBLESHOOTING +++ b/TROUBLESHOOTING @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ A) There is no support for making an NIS/NIS+ map/table out of 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? @@ -77,7 +78,10 @@ Q) How can I keep sudo from asking for a password? 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".