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Simple way to run stuff like `sudo shutdown` without entering a password
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sudo_no_password.md

Run sudo commands without entering a password

Simple way to run stuff like sudo shutdown without entering a password.

Tip: do not use this in production, I use it to shutdown my VMs when I'm done working

  1. run: sudo EDITOR=vim visudo
  2. add a new group, let's say named noners : %noners ALL=(ALL) ALL
  3. run: sudo vim /etc/sudoers.d/g_noners
  4. let's say the user you want to run sudo without password is marian then just add:
%newgroup ALL=(ALL) ALL  
marian ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown  
marian ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot  
marian ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman
  1. all done.

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