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From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To: Bob Johnson <bob88@bobj.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
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Subject: Re: sudo never requires a password?
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--On Monday, February 14, 2005 12:30 AM -0500 Bob Johnson <bob88@bobj.org> 
wrote:
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> Perhaps you don't HAVE a root password.  Have you tried to log in to the
> system as root to make sure it requires a password?  It is quite possible
> to  set up FreeBSD with no root password.
>
Sudo doesn't use the root password.  It uses the *users* password.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
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