Problem with root password when using sudo [SOLVED]

archP4 · 2010-06-17 15:17:59

Hello,

When I login as root I have no problem but when I issue a command such as

sudo pacman -S firefox

It asks me for the root password, but refuses to accept my correct answer.

Is there somewhere else I need to let sudo know my root password?

Many thanks

Last edited by archP4 (2010-06-17 15:24:11)

falconindy · 2010-06-17 15:19:31

sudo prompts you for your password, not root's password.

archP4 · 2010-06-17 15:23:16

Oh right. I though sudo was to allow you to login as root to issue a single command? Never for the life of me thought it would want my password!

Thanks for the quick response!

Last edited by archP4 (2010-06-17 15:23:35)

herrvideman · 2010-06-18 02:25:26

FWIW you can set sudo to prompt you for the root password instead of your password as well.

falconindy · 2010-06-18 02:33:12

herrvideman wrote:

FWIW you can set sudo to prompt you for the root password instead of your password as well.

Thereby defeating the purpose of sudo... At that point you may as well use 'su -c'

fsckd · 2010-06-18 04:56:37

But that takes more characters and you have to quote the command you're calling.

archP4 · 2010-06-18 08:28:52

I'm happy to type my password. Thanks again chaps.

herrvideman · 2010-06-19 05:32:43

falconindy wrote:

herrvideman wrote:
FWIW you can set sudo to prompt you for the root password instead of your password as well.
Thereby defeating the purpose of sudo... At that point you may as well use 'su -c'

So the only purpose of sudo is to enable you to use your user password instead of your root password, which may or may not be shorter than the root password in the first place? hmmm

Mardoct · 2010-06-19 05:40:10

On larger systems you may want to have a few people that can carry out commands as root but you don't want them to share /root or passwords.

Barrucadu · 2010-06-19 10:18:31

And sudo is a lot more flexible than su, you can restrict which commands can be run by which users and groups..

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Problem with root password when using sudo [SOLVED]

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