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How to disable sudo password prompts on Ubuntu

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This is a basic tutorial on how to stop being asked for your password. I know there are better ways to do this, but this is how I know how to. smile

Step 1

Press ALT+F2 to open your run box and type gksudo nautilus



Step 2

Navigate your way to /etc/sudoers



Step 3

Right Click on the sudoers file and select Properties. Then select the Permissions tab and change the second dropdown box to Read and write.



Step 4

Locate the line starting with starting with %admin and replace that line with the following:
%admin  ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL




Step 5

Right Click on the sudoers file and select Properties. Then select the Permissions tab and change the second dropdown box to Read-only.



Step 6 (Final Step)

Reboot.

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heterosankari Thursday, January 22, 2009 4:19:01 PM

Aron Ferdinand8654374oleg Wednesday, November 24, 2010 10:31:39 AM

thanks for sharing

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