/etc/sudoers files [Jaeyoung Wiki]

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====== /etc/sudoers files ======

''/etc/sudoers'' controls who can use the ''sudo'' command and how it is used.

Whenever editing ''/etc/sudoers'', the ''visudo'' command, which verifies the file before writing, should be used in order to prevent a situation where access to ''sudo'' is blocked.

===== Insults =====

Add or uncomment the following line if you want ''sudo'' to insult you if you get your password wrong:

<code>
Defaults insults
</code>

===== targetpw =====

The targetpw command will require that you enter the password of the user that you want to run the command as (typically root).

<code>
Defaults targetpw
</code>

This is enabled by default on openSUSE. I didn't like this behavior so I disabled it.

===== Allowing a group to use sudo =====

The following line will allow any user from the ''wheel'' group to use sudo.

<code>
%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
</code>

The ''wheel'' group is used by Fedora/openSUSE systems as the group whose members can use sudo. On Debian-based systems, the equivalent group is ''sudo''.