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Allow sudo without password

Allowing sudo without password is a security risk, but it can be useful in certain situations.

Security Risk

Disabling the password requirement for sudo can be a security risk. This may cause some commands running without sudo to have root permissions and potentially break your system.

However, if you prefer to allow sudo without password, you can follow the steps below.

Open the sudoers file with the visudo command:

Allow sudo without password
sudo mkdir -p /etc/sudoers.d
sudo touch /etc/sudoers.d/$USER
echo "$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers.d/$USER

That's it! You can now run sudo commands without entering your password.