On Jan 10, 2025, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 05:15:59AM -0500, Dan Purgert via Dng wrote
>
> > requiring your password for 'sudo' is standard practice. Are you
> > implying you want to perform root tasks as 'waltdns' WITHOUT password
> > confirmation?
>
> I was merely asking, because I'm new to Devuan. In Gentoo, I either
> "su -" to root, or set a very controlled command that is enabled in a
> file in /etc/sudoers.d/<somefilename> which is edited with the command
> "visudo /etc/sudoers.d/<somefilename>". The syntax is rather strict,
> and edits are not comitted if the "visudo" wrapper discovers a syntax
> error.

With the caveat that there may be minor version differences between
distros, it's the same program and file syntax; so your existing
processes / config files / etc. should transfer without too much
adaptation (if any at all).

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