[NTLUG:Discuss] visudo/sudoers question

[Tom Hayden]

O.K. That makes since. Is it possible to set it up so that when a user 
sudo's he has to re-enter his own password?

Victor Brilon wrote:
> The idea behind sudo is that you set up users to execute commands as  
> the root user by using *their own* password. Thus you don't have to  
> give out the root password to them, nor have to change it when one of  
> them leaves your system (job/school/whatever) -- you just remove them  
> from the sudoers file.
> 
> Victor
> 
> On Mar 24, 2007, at 6:41 PM, Tom Hayden wrote:
> 
> 
>>I am trying to set up the sudoer file on my linux system so that any
>>user in the "sudo" group can sudo any command, but have to enter the
>>root pass word first. According to the man pages the following  
>>should work:
>>
>>User_Alias SUDO = %sudo
>>
>>SUDO ALL=PASSWD:ALL
>>
>>However, when I do this, any user in the "sudo" group can sudo any
>>command with out the root pass word. Does any one have any  
>>suggestions?
>>
>>-- 
>>Tom Hayden III
>>
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