Use Sudo Without Password Prompt in Scripts

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💡 Using a non-root user and requiring a password for sudo is a security best practice. However, in scripts you often need to use sudo without a password.

👉🏼 Run:

➡️ sudo visudo

And add this line to "/etc/sudoers" to disable password req:

"youruser ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL"

To allow a user named ansible to use all sudo commands without a password, add ansible ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL in /etc/sudoers file.

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