Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > How can we config sudores, then assign a user ( without root ) to running > > the following : Install source code package, include the command of tar, > > configure, make and make install. > > > > Edward. > > You would only need sudo for the make install command - you can do > the rest as a normal user. (At least for almost all packages...) I > have not tried it, but I suspect that if you created a group called > install, and put a rule something like this in /etc/sudoers: > > %install localhost=make install > > You could also use something like thins if you do not want it to be > limited to users at the console: > > %install ALL=make install > > If you do not want the user asked for his password when running the > command, you can add "NOPASSWD: ALL" at the end. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! I think it's not a good idea to use sudo to run 'make install'. If you write a Makefile like this: install: rm -rf / then %install localhost=/usr/bin/make install is equal to %install localhost=/bin/rm -rf / in /etc/sudoers.
