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Opening /sudo::/etc/hosts with tramp prompts for a password even though I have passwordless sudo. I use ido.

$ sudo grep NOPASSWD /etc/sudoers
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Is there any way to fix this?

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    I wasn't able to reproduce this on Debian 7 with Emacs 23.4.1. What distro / Emacs version are you using? Does the problem occur when starting Emacs with emacs -Q?
    – Scott Weldon
    Commented May 12, 2015 at 20:20
  • Archlinux with emacs 24.5.1. I can't repro it with emacs -Q.
    – Joe Hillenbrand
    Commented May 12, 2015 at 22:33
  • Sounds like it is time to bisect your init file then. This package might also be helpful.
    – Scott Weldon
    Commented May 12, 2015 at 22:45

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The issue seemed to have something to do with ido, so I added Option B from here and it works great.

(defadvice ido-find-file (after find-file-sudo activate)
  "Find file as root if necessary."
  (unless (and buffer-file-name
              (file-writable-p buffer-file-name))
    (find-alternate-file (concat "/sudo:root@localhost:" buffer-file-name))))
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