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I agree with you, but I do want to mention that it's possible and relatively easy to configure sudo not to ask for a password for specific commands for a specif

I agree with you, but I do want to mention that it's possible and relatively easy to configure sudo not to ask for a password for specific commands for a specific user. http://askubuntu.com/questions/159007/how-do-i-run-specific-sudo-commands-without-a-password http://askubuntu.com/questions/159007/how-do-i-run-specific-...

mbreese 13y ago
You can also setup the authorized_keys file to only run specific commands as root with a given certificate. This is usually easier for automated tasks. Especially if the key is also restricted by remote IP address b