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Assunto:  Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i'
De:       Knute Johnson
Data:     Sat, 9 May 2026 10:30:01 +1100
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On 5/8/26 15:39, Chris Green wrote:
> Chris Green  wrote:
>> All my pis until now allow me to get root privileges by doing 'sudo
>> -i' without entering my password.
>>
>> One I have just installed does request my password when I do 'sudo -i'.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest why this new one acts differently?
>>
>> I have checked that /etc/sudoers is the same on the new system as on
>> all others.  I have also checked that my user is in all the same
>> groups in /etc/group.
>>
>> All systems are running the latest Raspbian with kernel 6.12.75.
>>
> Ah, I finally found the difference, all systems except the new pi have
> a file /etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd which provides the no password
> "sudo -i".
> 
> The remaining question is why the latest system didn't get this file
> installed.  Has rpi-imager been changed so that it no longer installs
> it?
> 

As I understand it, the latest OS image now has that limitation that you 
need a password for sudo.  My Xubuntu desktop has been like that for 
years.  25 years ago I had BSD installed on a 386 and it required a 
separate password for root.  They are just trying to make the computers 
a little more secure.  They got rid of pi and raspberry a couple of 
years ago.  This is just one more step in that direction.

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Knute Johnson

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