Switching between EmulationStation and Kodi
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Hello, please can you help?
I have installed the latest version of RetroPie (v3.8.1), together with Kodi. Through the EmulationStation interface, I can choose Ports > Kodi, and Kodi will launch successfully.
The next step is to make my installation of RetroPie more secure. So I SSH into the machine, and I issue the command sudo visudo and I change
pi ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
for
pi ALL=(ALL) PASSWD: ALL
This then makes it so that the password for pi is required any time I issue a sudo command. In my opinion this is just good security for a machine that will be facing the internet etc.
After this editing the sudoers file via sudo visudo, I then reboot and enter back into RetroPie. When I now try to enter Kodi by choosing Ports > Kodi, I am prompted for the user pi’s password.
The problem is this:
I don’t want to be prompted for a password when I now try to enter Kodi, because I do not intend to run the machine with a keyboard attached.
(If I need to do any updates or configuration etc I can either SSH into the machine. I only intend to control RetroPie through the GUI with a joypad or through Kodi via a remote app on my phone.)
So does anyone know how I can solve this issue please?
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