Yes. Here's how to set a separate sudo password: Assume your primary user account is called "user". Set up a second account, whose password you want to be you

Yes. Here's how to set a separate sudo password: Assume your primary user account is called "user". Set up a second account, whose password you want to be your sudo password. Let's call this account "admin". In /etc/sudoers: Defaults:user runas_default=admin Defaults:user runaspw Now, as "user", you can sudo -u root whoami and you will be asked for "admin"'s password. The only downside is that "root" is no longer the default user to become, you have to explicitly specify it.