diff --git a/cmake_targets/gdb.txt b/cmake_targets/gdb.txt
index 33d9bd6d5fe9290072cadf3692f3ba3ac69bccd9..54e47c27e98796a95ada666c9b16cd3b01fe6007 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/gdb.txt
+++ b/cmake_targets/gdb.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Build.
+
 Make sure you've built with debug info:
 
   cd ~/openairinterface5g # or wherever
@@ -6,6 +9,9 @@ Make sure you've built with debug info:
   ./build_oai --UE --eNB --verbose-compile --run-with-gdb RelWithDebInfo
   make -C ran_build/build -j4 lte-softmodem lte-uesoftmodem
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Verify.
+
 Verify the build was done correctly:
 
 $ ./gdb-helper
@@ -46,9 +52,32 @@ the build as above.
 
 (gdb) b main
 
-Using Vscode
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Password-less sudo.
+
+Vscode launches lte-softmodem via sudo.  Make sure sudo does not prompt you
+for a password:
+
+  sudo -n id
+
+If that command fails, do the following:
+
+  echo "$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers
+
+Then verify:
+
+  sudo -n id
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Vscode.
+
+Launch Vscode:
 
   cd ~/openairinterface5g # or wherever
   code . targets/RT/USER/lte-softmodem.c .vscode/launch.json
 
-See launch.json for details about how lte-softmodem is launched.
+See launch.json for details about how vscode launches lte-softmodem for debugging.
+
+For example, in lte-softmodem.c, scroll to main() and click the line number to
+the left of main to add a breakpoint.  then do Run => Start debugging (F5) to
+run lte-softmodem in the debugger
diff --git a/cmake_targets/sudo-gdb b/cmake_targets/sudo-gdb
index d660a774830da8c262f6bfe8070b7a2e1a44b63d..7c4005e19b38ebf0f28063943bf499b289cd368a 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/sudo-gdb
+++ b/cmake_targets/sudo-gdb
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit
 source oaienv
 cd cmake_targets || exit
-exec sudo -E gdb "$@"
+exec sudo -nE gdb "$@"