Feel unhappy about "sudo gainroot" not asking for root password?
 

start xterm
become root (if you don't know how, then all this doesn't apply to you anyway)
make sure you have proper root password set!
run command:

run update-sudoers, check there's no warnings or errors

if sudo gainroot still doesn't ask for password, it might be cached from previous entering it: sudo -k clears pw cache

Tested for PR1.2 with default rootsh installed, works for me. If you bork everything, a reinstall of rootsh package should get you out of quicksand

THIS IS ABOUT *ROOT* PASSWORD for root account, not about that silly Ubuntu idiocy to ask for user password to do root things

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Re: Feel unhappy about "sudo gainroot" not asking for root password?
 

I guess you need to setup a password for "user" first.

passwd user in root

Re: Feel unhappy about "sudo gainroot" not asking for root password?
 

Any fix for PR 1.3? It doesn't seem to be working any more. The "sed -e" complained about "unsupported command e", so I added:
to "/etc/sudoers.d/01sudo"
Did the update and clear cache, but still, it doesn't ask for a password.

Re: Feel unhappy about "sudo gainroot" not asking for root password?
 

nope, im quite happy that it DOESN'T ask me for a password
and i'd be looking for a way to disable it if it did

Re: Feel unhappy about "sudo gainroot" not asking for root password?
 

OK, found it. I need to modify this:
in "/etc/sudoers"

Re: Feel unhappy about "sudo gainroot" not asking for root password?
 

Another possibility:
Uninstall rootsh (or block it with chmod a-x /usr/sbin/gainroot)
Install an ssh-server

login with ssh on your own device:
ssh root@localhost
password:

Re: Feel unhappy about "sudo gainroot" not asking for root password?
 

Sometimes you have to face it... Not all people are like you

Re: Feel unhappy about "sudo gainroot" not asking for root password?
 

Auditability....