[Novalug] Ubuntu stopped asking for admin password

Adam Portier ajportier at gmail.com
Wed May 20 09:43:48 EDT 2009


Check your /etc/sudoers file and see if your sudo permission line has the
phrase "nopasswd" on it. If you didn't put it there, I would suggest you
find out who did before connecting to the intertubes again.

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Michael Hans <mhans at oqtol.com> wrote:

> Anyone have Ubuntu stop asking for admin passwords! I just booted up
> and package manager wanted to update, and did without the admin
> password, very odd. Happens when loading apps that need admin like
> firestarter as well. Needless to say I unplugged this laptop from the
> network...
>
> Thoughts?
>
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