This is specially if you are the only user on the system or if you think some commands are okay to run without password. In Linux, you can change sudo configuration to run some or all command with sudo but without entering password. If you are on a server, you should be extra careful specially if you have SSH enabled. Let’s see how to use sudo with no password.īut first, back up the sudoer file as a precautionary measure: Execute all sudo commands without password Maybe, you should disable SSH access with password first. Use the following command to edit the /etc/sudoers file: Macbooster for mac 10.6.8 how to# All you have to do is to add a line like this in this file: This will open the default text editor (Nano in Ubuntu) for editing this file. Of course, you have to replace the user_name in the above command with your user name.Įxit the shell and enter again and you should see the changes reflected. Now, you may edit /etc/sudoers file manually in a text editor like Vim, however, that is not advised. If you make a syntax error while editing this file, the consequences can be fatal. This is why you a dedicated tool called visudo is used for editing sudo configuration file. The visudo tool creates a new temp file where you can edit the sudoer file using the default text editor. When you try to save your changes, it performs a check and notifies if there is any syntax error. It provides you some options to deals with the changes.īut it’s not a good practice to run all the sudo commands without password. Run only specific sudo commands without password Thankfully, there is a solution for that as well. You can configure sudo in a way that only commands of your choice can be run without password.įor example, if you want the apt update and apt upgrade to be run without entering the password for sudo in Ubuntu, here’s what you need to do. I hope you like this quick little tutorial about using sudo without password. Any questions or suggestions are always welcome.
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