From my limited understanding, the doas utility allows you to run any command as root but, by default, requires you to enter your own password instead of the root user's password.
How do I make it require root password instead?
1 Answer
This is not possible to achieve with doas, by design. If you need to run a command as root using the root password, you may do so on a Linux system using the su command like so:
su - -c "command"
(single dash is used to get the root environment when switching)
On a BSD system, you would instead use
su root -c "command"
(Note that the -c option is passed to the root user's shell. It is not an option to su in this case.)
answered Dec 2, 2021 at 8:46
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The question was about
doas. Also, as mentioned in the comments in the question: A system should not have a root password– GaroCommented Feb 15, 2023 at 5:48 -
3@Garo "should not have a root password" is irrelevant as the question presumes that there is a root password. Note that I also have edited the given answer to address why using
suin this case is the better approach.– Kusalananda ♦Commented Feb 15, 2023 at 6:10
sucan be used with the root password to gain root access without even usingsudoordoasis a big reason. This means that no manner of configuringsudoordoaswould disallow a user with the root password from gaining root access. Also, changing the root password could be done by anyone with access to it, instantly cutting off access from everyone else.