Why do I need a Sudo password for Sudo?
A standard user account only has limited privileges and can run only specific commands on the system. The sudo command elevates a standard user account, granting root access to the system. Every time you sudo a sudo command you will be prompted for the sudoer password, which can become repetitive.
Where do I Find my root Sudo password?
If you have root password. Look in file /etc/sudoers. You will find a line like %sudo ALL= (ALL:ALL) ALL, make a note of the word after the %. Now add your self to this group.
Can you use sudo Su in a script?
Your script can sudo -u… command anything without needing to change password. Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu! Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
What’s the sudo password for Derek on Linux?
It is usually your personal login password. For example: derek$ sudo ls /var/log/secret [sudo] password for derek: audit.log audit.log.1 audit.log.2. This can be altered by policy files such as /etc/sudoers. See for example Set sudo password differently from login one.
How is the security affected when nopasswd is set in passwordless Sudo?
Given the facts ssh is done via keys, keys are password protected and all user accounts have passwords (so su bob is impossible without a password): how is the security affected when NOPASSWD is set in the sudo file? NOPASSWD doesn’t have a major impact on security.
How can I get my SSH password for Sudo?
You can create a password for the user, then encrypt the password using the user’s ssh public key (which you already have), then send the user the encrypted password. Then, the user can decrypt the encrypted password using their ssh private key.
How often do admins need to use sudo?
In my opinion, sudo for server admins is a bit overkill. If people log in, and they have root access (through some mechanism), they usually do maintaining tasks, where they will use sudo for >90% of the time.