Wheel user to become as root (su -) without password

by craftmindblog · May 4, 2012

1. Create a user:

useradd test
passwd test

2. Add this user in wheel group.

usermod -a -G wheel test

3. Now, Edit PAM configuration file for su. (/etc/pam.d/su)

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vi /etc/pam.d/su

uncomment below line

auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_wheel.so trust use_uid

This will allow users in wheel group as a trusted users.

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4. Login as test user.

#su –

It will not ask for password.

If we add the test user in “visudo”, we need to use “sudo su -” to become root without password.

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1. visudo or vi /etc/sudo

2. Add the below line

test ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

3. Save and exit

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It will also grant root privilege for the user “test”, but we need to use “sudo su -” to became as a root.

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