To give a specific user access to sudo without having to enter a password you have to edit the /etc/sudoers configuration file. For security reasons you should only edit the file using the visudo command. $ sudo visudo In Ubuntu the following lines are placed at the bottom of /etc/sudoers by default. This gives your [...]

Among the most valuable tools at a Linux administrators disposal is sudo. It lets ordinary users temporarily submit commands as root or another user. To use use this command simply put sudo before any command you want to run with root permissions. sudo command To submit commands as another user use the ‘-u‘ option and [...]