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| author | Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> | 1999-11-16 21:26:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> | 1999-11-16 21:26:09 +0000 |
| commit | acedb29592187e382229bc6a92ebcfc56dbd5e49 (patch) | |
| tree | ff6b822434b58d55f7b6c66842697b17f7667b3d | |
| parent | a041212d01f607f077ab7b902f11c2925d0b60ed (diff) | |
| download | sudo-acedb29592187e382229bc6a92ebcfc56dbd5e49.tar.gz | |
talk about run-time options in addition to compile-time optionsSUDO_1_6_0
| -rw-r--r-- | TROUBLESHOOTING | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
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". |