
For my alias, this rule was: ducklord ALL ( ALL. It should look like: USERNAME ALL ( ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL. Imo, it's better to have one more step between you and the execution of a sudo command. If a user runs a nasty script by accident, that could be a real problem. To avoid the sudo prompt ever showing up when you execute a sudo command, follow the instructions below.
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If there isn't, move to the end of the file and create a new rule there. Aside from the sudo password being the user's password and not root's as pointed out already, NOT requesting a password means that scripts run by the user can invoke sudo undetected. Permanently Disable Sudo Password Prompt. If there is, change it to what we'll see next. So a bit of experimentation will be needed -). To stop sudo from asking you for your password, first, check whether there's an existing rule with your alias. So I suspect is a matter of finding all the occurences of pam_unix.so in the files above, and add the option nullok (or change the nullok_secure to nullok) to the entries.Īccording to this post the file should be /etc/pam.d/common-auth - but I am not sure about this because in Ubuntu the VC are in the /etc/securetty list so the null password for root should work from there (although not from a terminal emulator), and the SO states it doesn't work. Set to one of the values found in /etc/securetty. Its there for recommended to skip this step This gives you the option to re-enable the. Password to access the service as long as the value of PAM_TTY is Setting a root password disables sudo permissions for additional users. To a service if their official password is blank. The nullokĪrgument overrides this default and allows any user with a blank some popular fonts on Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S ttf-hack. To a service if their official password is blank. For example, some processes like ssh-agent or tor daemons will no longer be visible. The default action of this module is to not permit the user access

Now, the module that check for the passwords "unix style" is pam_unix.so, in which man page you can find among the options: nullok
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In /etc/pam.d there are all the PAM configuration files that tell the system how to do the authentication of users. I think this is a PAM thing (PAM= pluggable authentication modules). In the next step, scroll down and locate a line. Interrupt the booting process by pressing ‘e’ on the keyboard to make changes to the boot entry. The first entry will be selected by default as shown below. Firstly, reboot or power on your Arch system. Warning not tested because I think it's not such a great idea, even for a VM (bad habits are difficult to remove.). Keep Reading: How to Reset Forgotten Root Password in CentOS 8.
