Why does Sudo prompt me to use more without password?
Let’s me use more without a password, just prompting for anything else. I guess this is due to the order which which things are checked in sudo (bottom-to-top). How did you edit the sudoers file? To verify a valid sudoers file ALWAYS use the visudo command and NEVER edit the sudoers file directly.
Why is my Password not working in sudoers?
If myuser is in the sudo group, then this order of the lines won’t provide passwordless access (as noted by Florian Diesch), because the 3rd line overrides the 1st one. Under myuser account use sudo -l to check what permissions myuser has. If multiple entries match for a user the last one is used.
What to do when Sudo doesn’t work?
If you accidentally insert errors into the file, you may not longer be able to run sudo. Always use visudo, so that the syntax is checked and you receive warnings about mistakes! If you run the groups command you should see that your user belongs to these groups.
How long does it take for sudo to ask for password?
When you run a command with sudo, it asks for your account’s password. The default timeout for the password is 15 minutes (in Ubuntu Linux). Which means that you’ll have to enter the password again if you run a command with sudo after fifteen minutes.
How long does it take to run sudo command in Fedora?
Most Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora use the sudo mechanism to allow admin users to run commands with root privileges. When you run a command with sudo, it asks for your account’s password. The default timeout for the password is 15 minutes (in Ubuntu Linux).
How can I run LS with sudo privileges?
Write the prompt to the standard error and read the password from the standard input instead of using the terminal device. The password must be followed by a newline character. So, to run ls with sudo privileges, you would do