[CentOS] strange su behavior

[Uwe Kiewel]

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Am 10.03.2010 18:26, schrieb Tony Schreiner:
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> On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Uwe Kiewel wrote:
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>> Am 09.03.2010 22:22, schrieb Tom H:
>>>>>>> Do you have any sudo call from your /etc or /etc/skel bashrc or  
>>>>>>> profile...?
>>>>>> Yes, I do have in /etc/bashrc:
>>>>>> sudo -l
>>>>> Unless you already understood:
>>>>>  su -  "make the shell a login shell"
>>>>>  so sudo -l  in bashrc is executed, which asks for the user's  
>>>>> password
>>>> Understood, who is asking - not understood why "sudo -l" is asking  
>>>> for
>>>> the password and why just hitting the enter key works
>>>
>>> sudo -l
>>> lists the commands that you are allowed to run with sudo
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>> That is clear to me, but why does this command request the password?
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> what's the output of
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> sudo grep root /etc/sudoers
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## the root user, without needing the root password.
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL
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