Way to avoid having to type sudo password each time?

Hi, I'm using Mac 10.6.3. I'm a sudo user. On my machine, I frequently need to restart my Apache web server, and hwen I pop open my terminal and type > sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? Thanks, - Dave

laredotornado wrote: > I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can > avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? sudo bash you enter the poassword once, and then you have a subprocess which is always in sudo mode. Or you can enable the "root" account <ducking because I know the comments that will be made> and you can then login in as "root" and not need to use sudo.

On 04/26/2010 12:37 PM, laredotornado wrote: > I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can > avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? sudo su You'll need to enter the password once. Then enter all the commands to your heart's content. Exit when finished. -- Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. -- Democritus

In message <4bd5c4b0$0$9587$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > laredotornado wrote: >> I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can >> avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? > sudo bash Preferred way to do this is sudo -s > Or you can enable the "root" account <ducking because I know the > comments that will be made> and you can then login in as "root" and not > need to use sudo. There is no reason to enable the root account (none) and many reasons not to. -- I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.

In article <28ac1987-ba86-4ce3-b562-3981cae0ff7a@h16g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Mac 10.6.3. I'm a sudo user. On my machine, I frequently > need to restart my Apache web server, and hwen I pop open my terminal > and type > > > sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart > > I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can > avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? > > Thanks, - Dave The most secure way to do this is by editing the /etc/sudoers file to contain an entry that allows NOPASSWD access for particular commands. For instance, if you wanted to allow NOPASSWD access for the user named dave to the apachectl command, you would add entries similar to this: Cmnd_Alias APACHECTL = /usr/sbin/apachectl dave ALL = NOPASSWD:APACHECTL For more information, read the sudo and sudoers manual pages. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR

In article <4bd5c4b0$0$9587$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > laredotornado wrote: > > > I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can > > avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? > > sudo bash > > you enter the poassword once, and then you have a subprocess which is > always in sudo mode. The drawback to doing this is that it's an extra step you have to take each occasion you want to run commands as root/admin. A better alternative is to add an appropriate entry in /etc/sudoers (as I have described in another reply) that allows you to run that command without a password prompt as the particular user account you use daily. This saves you that extra step of switching to the root/admin account each occasion. > Or you can enable the "root" account <ducking because I know the > comments that will be made> and you can then login in as "root" and not > need to use sudo. Overkill. 'Nuff said. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR

On Apr 26, 1:28=A0pm, Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote: > In article > <28ac1987-ba86-4ce3-b562-3981cae0f...@h16g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, > > =A0laredotornado <laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm using Mac 10.6.3. =A0I'm a sudo user. =A0On my machine, I frequentl= y > > need to restart my Apache web server, and hwen I pop open my terminal > > and type > > > > sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart > > > I'm prompted for a password immediately after. =A0Is there a way I can > > avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? > > > Thanks, - Dave > > The most secure way to do this is by editing the /etc/sudoers file to > contain an entry that allows NOPASSWD access for particular commands. =A0 > For instance, if you wanted to allow NOPASSWD access for the user named > dave to the apachectl command, you would add entries similar to this: > > Cmnd_Alias =A0 =A0 APACHECTL =3D /usr/sbin/apachectl > dave =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALL =3D NOPASSWD:APACHECTL > > For more information, read the sudo and sudoers manual pages. > > -- > Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. > E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM > filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting > messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google > Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. > > JR This is the solution I went with and it worked perfectly. 5 stars. - Dave

On Apr 26, 4:11=A0pm, laredotornado <laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 26, 1:28=A0pm, Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > In article > > <28ac1987-ba86-4ce3-b562-3981cae0f...@h16g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, > > > =A0laredotornado<laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm usingMac10.6.3. =A0I'm a sudo user. =A0On my machine, I frequentl= y > > > need to restart my Apache web server, and hwen I pop open my terminal > > > and type > > > > > sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart > > > > I'm prompted for a password immediately after. =A0Is there a way I ca= n > > > avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? > > > > Thanks, - Dave > > > The most secure way to do this is by editing the /etc/sudoers file to > > contain an entry that allows NOPASSWD access for particular commands. = =A0 > > For instance, if you wanted to allow NOPASSWD access for the user named > > dave to the apachectl command, you would add entries similar to this: > > > Cmnd_Alias =A0 =A0 APACHECTL =3D /usr/sbin/apachectl > > dave =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALL =3D NOPASSWD:APACHECTL > > > For more information, read the sudo and sudoers manual pages. > > > -- > > Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. > > E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM > > filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting > > messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google > > Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. > > > JR > > This is the solution I went with and it worked perfectly. =A05 stars. - > Dave I need to revive this thread because I just switched to a new machine (still a Mac 10.6.3), but even though my /etc/sudoers file contains # User privilege specification root ALL=3D(ALL) ALL %admin ALL=3D(ALL) ALL davea ALL =3D NOPASSWD:APACHECTL I'm still being prompted for my password when trying to restart apache ... davea-mbp2:~ davea$ sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart Password: Any ideas what I may be missing? Thanks, - Dave

In article <a53b3aec-5305-4384-af44-63120890ae91@g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote: > Any ideas what I may be missing? Thanks, - Dave You'll have to include httpd in your sudoers file, I guess; apachectl is a shell script that invokes it. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer

On 2010-05-03 12:26:09 -0400, laredotornado said: > On Apr 26, 4:11�pm, laredotornado <laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote: >> On Apr 26, 1:28�pm, Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> In article >>> <28ac1987-ba86-4ce3-b562-3981cae0f...@h16g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, >> >>> �laredotornado<laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >> >>>> I'm usingMac10.6.3. �I'm a sudo user. �On my machine, I frequently >>>> need to restart my Apache web server, and hwen I pop open my terminal >>>> and type >> >>>>> sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart >> >>>> I'm prompted for a password immediately after. �Is there a way I can >>>> avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? >> >>>> Thanks, - Dave >> >>> The most secure way to do this is by editing the /etc/sudoers file to >>> contain an entry that allows NOPASSWD access for particular commands. � >>> For instance, if you wanted to allow NOPASSWD access for the user named >>> dave to the apachectl command, you would add entries similar to this: >> >>> Cmnd_Alias � � APACHECTL = /usr/sbin/apachectl >>> dave � � � � � ALL = NOPASSWD:APACHECTL >> >>> For more information, read the sudo and sudoers manual pages. >> >>> -- >>> Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. >>> E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM >>> filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting >>> messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google >>> Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. >> >>> JR >> >> This is the solution I went with and it worked perfectly. �5 stars. - >> Dave > > I need to revive this thread because I just switched to a new machine > (still a Mac 10.6.3), but even though my /etc/sudoers file contains > > > # User privilege specification > root ALL=(ALL) ALL > %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL > davea ALL = NOPASSWD:APACHECTL > > I'm still being prompted for my password when trying to restart > apache ... > > davea-mbp2:~ davea$ sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart > Password: > > Any ideas what I may be missing? Thanks, - Dave case in point...

On 2010-04-26 14:30:59 -0400, Jolly Roger said: > In article <4bd5c4b0$0$9587$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > >> laredotornado wrote: >> >>> I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can >>> avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? >> >> sudo bash >> >> you enter the poassword once, and then you have a subprocess which is >> always in sudo mode. > > The drawback to doing this is that it's an extra step you have to take > each occasion you want to run commands as root/admin. A better > alternative is to add an appropriate entry in /etc/sudoers (as I have > described in another reply) that allows you to run that command without > a password prompt as the particular user account you use daily. This > saves you that extra step of switching to the root/admin account each > occasion. > >> Or you can enable the "root" account <ducking because I know the >> comments that will be made> and you can then login in as "root" and not >> need to use sudo. > > Overkill. 'Nuff said. Rule 37. There is no overkill. There is only 'Open fire' and 'Time to reload'. <http://store.schlockmercenary.com/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=P%2DR37> Loading up root may be extreme, but sometimes it's just simpler.

In article <a53b3aec-5305-4384-af44-63120890ae91@g39g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 26, 4:11�pm, laredotornado <laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 26, 1:28�pm, Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In article > > > <28ac1987-ba86-4ce3-b562-3981cae0f...@h16g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, > > > > > �laredotornado<laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm usingMac10.6.3. �I'm a sudo user. �On my machine, I frequently > > > > need to restart my Apache web server, and hwen I pop open my terminal > > > > and type > > > > > > > sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart > > > > > > I'm prompted for a password immediately after. �Is there a way I can > > > > avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? > > > > > > Thanks, - Dave > > > > > The most secure way to do this is by editing the /etc/sudoers file to > > > contain an entry that allows NOPASSWD access for particular commands. � > > > For instance, if you wanted to allow NOPASSWD access for the user named > > > dave to the apachectl command, you would add entries similar to this: > > > > > Cmnd_Alias � � APACHECTL = /usr/sbin/apachectl > > > dave � � � � � ALL = NOPASSWD:APACHECTL > > > > > For more information, read the sudo and sudoers manual pages. > > > > > -- > > > Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. > > > E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM > > > filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting > > > messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google > > > Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. > > > > > JR > > > > This is the solution I went with and it worked perfectly. �5 stars. - > > Dave > > I need to revive this thread because I just switched to a new machine > (still a Mac 10.6.3), but even though my /etc/sudoers file contains > > > # User privilege specification > root ALL=(ALL) ALL > %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL > davea ALL = NOPASSWD:APACHECTL > > I'm still being prompted for my password when trying to restart > apache ... > > davea-mbp2:~ davea$ sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart > Password: > > Any ideas what I may be missing? Thanks, - Dave How about the 'Cmnd_Alias'? -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF

In article <2010122406472590532-noneof@theabovenet>, A Non E Mouse <none.of@the.above.net> wrote: > On 2010-04-26 14:30:59 -0400, Jolly Roger said: > > > In article <4bd5c4b0$0$9587$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, > > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > >> laredotornado wrote: > >> > >>> I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can > >>> avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? > >> > >> sudo bash > >> > >> you enter the poassword once, and then you have a subprocess which is > >> always in sudo mode. > > > > The drawback to doing this is that it's an extra step you have to take > > each occasion you want to run commands as root/admin. A better > > alternative is to add an appropriate entry in /etc/sudoers (as I have > > described in another reply) that allows you to run that command without > > a password prompt as the particular user account you use daily. This > > saves you that extra step of switching to the root/admin account each > > occasion. > > > >> Or you can enable the "root" account <ducking because I know the > >> comments that will be made> and you can then login in as "root" and not > >> need to use sudo. > > > > Overkill. 'Nuff said. > > Rule 37. There is no overkill. There is only 'Open fire' and 'Time to > reload'. > <http://store.schlockmercenary.com/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=P%2DR37> > > Loading up root may be extreme, but sometimes it's just simpler. Simpler and yet more dangerous, especially for those who are less experienced. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR

On 2010-12-24 12:25:39 -0500, Jolly Roger said: > In article <2010122406472590532-noneof@theabovenet>, > A Non E Mouse <none.of@the.above.net> wrote: > >> On 2010-04-26 14:30:59 -0400, Jolly Roger said: >> >>> In article <4bd5c4b0$0$9587$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, >>> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: >>> >>>> laredotornado wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm prompted for a password immediately after. Is there a way I can >>>>> avoid having to type my password and just enter the command above? >>>> >>>> sudo bash >>>> >>>> you enter the poassword once, and then you have a subprocess which is >>>> always in sudo mode. >>> >>> The drawback to doing this is that it's an extra step you have to take >>> each occasion you want to run commands as root/admin. A better >>> alternative is to add an appropriate entry in /etc/sudoers (as I have >>> described in another reply) that allows you to run that command without >>> a password prompt as the particular user account you use daily. This >>> saves you that extra step of switching to the root/admin account each >>> occasion. >>> >>>> Or you can enable the "root" account <ducking because I know the >>>> comments that will be made> and you can then login in as "root" and not >>>> need to use sudo. >>> >>> Overkill. 'Nuff said. >> >> Rule 37. There is no overkill. There is only 'Open fire' and 'Time to >> reload'. >> <http://store.schlockmercenary.com/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=P%2DR37> >> >> Loading up root may be extreme, but sometimes it's just simpler. > > Simpler and yet more dangerous, especially for those who are less > experienced. UNIX is extremely user-friendly. It's just picky about who its friends are. if you and UNIX are not friends then doing things in root can have Unexpected Results. This is why you become friends with UNIX before doing things in root, and why you have backups. Lots of backups. And why you turn root off again as soon as you're finished using it.

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