Re: somewhat OT: sudo question

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On 09/10/2010 10:44 AM, JD wrote:
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> 
> On 09/09/2010 07:38 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:59 PM, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>> I tried it and I confirm that sudo is broken if
>>> the NOPASSWD: is followed by a list of commands.
>>> sudo will only allow the user to sudo the specified
>>> commands without a password.
>>> All other commands are blocked.
>>>
>>> I think you should open a bug at bugzilla.redhat.com
>> sudo will only allow what you specify "/etc/sudoers". If you only
>> specify "rajan ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: HIBERNATE", rajan will only be able
>> to use sudo to run a command in the HIBERNATE command alias. If rajan
>> wants to use sudo to run other commands (with or without a password),
>> he needs to add "rajan ALL=(ALL) ALL" to "/etc/sudoers".
> Two entries to achieve that?
> That's lame!

Granting administrator privileges is not done gratuitously. Having 2 entries,
for 2 different types of requirements is totally sane.

Having said that, the sudoers manpage gives an example with one line combining both.

- -Greg

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