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Re: [LUG] Change password
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Change password
- From: Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 14:32:22 +0000
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On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 11:07:11AM +0100, barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Since I am the only user that password is used both to log in and
> with sudo. If I change it, will it cause any problems?
No. The password sudo asks is yours. There is a file (/etc/sudoers) that
contains settings about which user can do what as sudo.
Think of being asked your password as a way to double-check it's you
who's going to run things with the privileges of another user (probably
root).
Martijn.
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