How do I make sudo ask for the root password?

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Mar 15, 202687260 views

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When I run as a normal unprivileged user, it asks for my password, not the root password. That's often convenient, but it reduces the amount of information someone would have to have in order to run commands as root. So how can I make ask for the root password instead of the invoking user's passwor…

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Ok, here it is again so you can set the checkmark. In , add this line: to turn on the rootpw flag, making sudo ask for the root password.

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How do I make sudo ask for the root password?

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