-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 10.03.2010 18:26, schrieb Tony Schreiner: > > On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Uwe Kiewel wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> 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 >> >> That is clear to me, but why does this command request the password? > > what's the output of > > sudo grep root /etc/sudoers > ## the root user, without needing the root password. ## Allow root to run any commands anywhere root ALL=(ALL) ALL -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLl+/AAAoJENs3frmum9swifQH/jGXojOi65cIEA20gKInEMRe 3Jhnztx2lPDFq2K6am0Wc4qVvcyTkIM5MpgigoJgBI2f0LgLOQNei0/+bDoKsei3 fD5LFcpxepJKd2fukGcjYoIfg1hcHF5fA6+jw6qR/gBdjk67Jx2cZZrfSXaL+uN3 0Mme87EnYKRrJAuAKIlX5yHAB7GQdtuiJrWh6RPbdXSwoggYppjJnFZoCRAnOinp A66jjGa0POAplYs9DHwW/K3mNwA5YggW5KLFyeNfiW16zdaNwQ8a6Q14AeTUy1AO yjQzBZ0UXNkrASpGWKSSDySs3XKIHbtdHhCAY1TxKhOTEeSLO5xROB2UEpsZ9ys= =o7+2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----