Sudo

[skinfrakki]

Trying to use sudo within 10.2. However, when I type sudo bash or something similar it asks for the root password instead of mine. Any ideas?

[valemon]

sudo is the command to get superuser's privileges (root in linux, administrator in Windows). You had set up root's password during SuSE's installation.

[skinfrakki]

yeah i did that i am trying to just run a command using sudo and it asks for roots password instead

[valemon]

yeah i did that i am trying to just run a command using sudo and it asks for roots password instead

it should ask for root's password since with sudo command you are gaining root's privileges

[Thrillhouse]

valemon,

From the sudo man page:

sudo requires that users authenticate themselves with a password by default (NOTE: in the default configuration this is the user's password, not the root password).

skinfrakki,
Did you customize /etc/sudoers yourself? What does it look like?

[valemon]

My bad. Thank you Thrillhouse

[oz]

Trying to use sudo within 10.2. However, when I type sudo bash or something similar it asks for the root password instead of mine. Any ideas?

Welcome to the forums!

Here's a sudo HowTo that might help you get it setup properly and better understand how to use it:

Sudo Howto - Waikato Linux Users Group

[skinfrakki]

visudo -c

/etc/sudoers file parsed OK