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Old 10-05-2005
how to automate sudo

I have to provide a password everytime I invoke a script with Sudo privileges.
How can I avoid it??
Is it possible to automate Sudo so that I dont have to pass a password everytime??
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Old 10-05-2005
What permission do you have on you script, it will make a difference. I presume that you have added the script in your sudoers config file?
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