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I'm trying to setup sudo with no password but still I get prompted for password.

I'm using Ubuntu, here is the relevant line from the sudoers configuration file :

gandalf ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
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Try dropping the extra :ALL, example:

gandalf ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

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But still I have to type in password .. when I open/close terminal – Gandalf Jul 26 '12 at 15:21
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What do you mean exactly by "when I open/close terminal"? – mattdm♦ Jul 26 '12 at 15:56
Well there is icon terminal I click on it the terminal pops out I issue the sudo command and I get prompted for password. After I type the password I no longer get prompted. Then I click on the x standard for quiting from any program and re-open terminal and again prompted for password – Gandalf Jul 26 '12 at 16:17
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Your desktop is running under the user gandalf correct? Is the system user spelled the same way (hint: Linux user names are case sensitive. – Tim Jul 26 '12 at 16:49
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Do you have other rules in your sudoers file, by any chance? The rules are applied in order, so if you have a rule allowing you to run a command with a password prompt followed by another rule that allows you to run the command without a password prompt, you'll have to type the password. Put the no-password rule first.

See Why is sudo telling me my password is wrong?

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My "man sudoers" on ubuntu contains this example line

FULLTIMERS ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

FULLTIMERS is an alias rather than a user, but it should still work if you put a user name there. As far as I know, NOPASSWD: has to come before the first mention of ALL (after the equals sign) to bind to it.

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But still I have to type in password .. when I open/close terminal – Gandalf Jul 26 '12 at 15:41
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How exactly are you opening the terminal - is it a link in the menu, or something else? If you open a shell and type "sudo ls" in there, does it still ask for a password? (What I suspect is that your command to open/close terminal is actually doing something other than just calling sudo.) – Bristol Jul 26 '12 at 15:53
Well there is icon terminal I click on it the terminal pops out I issue the sudo command and I get prompted for password. After I type the password I no longer get prompted. Then I click on the x standard for quiting from any program and re-open terminal and again prompted for password – Gandalf Jul 26 '12 at 16:21
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I use a group call sudo and have the line

%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

which seems to work.

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