Locating python

[andrew cooke]

On Feb 4, 9:16 am, andrew cooke <and... at acooke.org> wrote:
> > actually "su" needs the root (or the target users') password
> > and sudo needs _your_ (the current users) password.
>
> argh, sorry for the confusion.

actually, no.  sudo requires the root password.  at least on opensuse
11.1 default config.  i just tried it:

> Python-2.5.4: sudo make install
root's password:

this is explained in the sudoers file:

 # In the default (unconfigured) configuration, sudo asks for the root
password.
 # This allows use of an ordinary user account for administration of a
freshly
 # installed system. When configuring sudo, delete the two
 # following lines:
 Defaults targetpw   # ask for the password of the target user i.e.
root
 ALL     ALL=(ALL) ALL   # WARNING! Only use this together with
'Defaults targetpw'!

andrew