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This file must be edited with the 'visudo' command.? [duplicate]

Why it is recommended to edit /etc/sudoers file with the visudo command? Here is a sample of the file: ## Sudoers allows particular users to run various commands as ## the root user, without needing ...
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Trying to setup sudo user

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: ...
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Is there a better alternative to sudoedit?

What I really hate about sudoedit is the fact that it always uses a different filename. I'm using emacsclient and when editing a file twice I'm left with two useless buffers. Sometimes I even happen ...