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Having some trouble using the command line in Mandrake 10.1. When I try to use the sudo command for certain tasks, it never recognizes the root password when it asks ...
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    sudo command in Mandrake broke?

    Having some trouble using the command line in Mandrake 10.1. When I try to use the sudo command for certain tasks, it never recognizes the root password when it asks for it. I'll type in the root password correctly, and I'm not holding down shift or have Caps Lock on, and the system still interprets it as incorrect and asks for the password again. Anybody have any similar problems with sudo and/or how to fix it?
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    Strange you should mention this. I had the exact same problem with Fedora Core 2 once. I only wanted sudo for one app so it wasn't a big problem. I don't know how to fix it.
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    sudo doesn't ask for the root password. It asks for the users password. that's the idea behind it - to give temporary root access to trusted users.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris H
    sudo doesn't ask for the root password. It asks for the users password. that's the idea behind it - to give temporary root access to trusted users.
    Neither worked for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dapper Dan
    Quote Originally Posted by Chris H
    sudo doesn't ask for the root password. It asks for the users password. that's the idea behind it - to give temporary root access to trusted users.
    Neither worked for me.
    Are you listed in /etc/sudoers?
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    It was a while back, but I remember going through the process. Presently I have SuSE 9.1 set up to sudo wvdial in case my broadband goes out.

    After setting up sudo in FC2, it would repeatedly ask for the password and never accept it. I may have configured something wrong, but I have sudo configured and running without problems under SuSE so I don't know what I may have done differently.
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    Okay, I see now. I added my account to /etc/sudoers and it's now working. Thanks for the help.
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