wicd asks for root password

[dinosoep]

forester, I think your missing out on the
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
line.
as knoppix is a member of the sudo group it can still do all commands but you need to enter a password.
so it's essentially the same as
knoppix ALL=PASSWD: ALL
at least it's behaving that way

It could be that I'm making a mistake here because to be honest, I don't understand the sudoers file syntax.

[Forester]

forester, I think your missing out on the

%sudo    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

line.

I thought that might come up. My /etc/sudoers contains

# Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to not need a password
# %sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

My sudoers is that from Knoppix 6.4.4 MAXI EN edition but the sudo lines are from Debian Lenny. Is yours derived from the 6.4.4 CD or did you carry it forward from 6.4.3 ? It is closer to the lines to be found in Debian Squeeze.

The extra bit in the Debian Squeeze file reads "Note that later entries override this, so you might need to move it further down". So, I revise my last post to:

knoppix ALL=PASSWD: ALL
knoppix ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/wicd

My knoppix user is a member of the sudo group, so I too could use the default rule you use. I wonder what we'll find in 6.4.6 when it arrives.