On 07/11/2016 10:42 AM, Tod Merley wrote: > .. sounds like something to solve with Linux ownership of files, being > part of groups, and permissions. Perhaps start here? > - https://www.linux.com/learn/understanding-linux-file-permissions > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:13 AM, bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:badouglas@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Hi. > > I have two (2) users cat - dog > > user cat has access to all files in /cat, and the ability to run the > apps (*.php) > > i want to allow user dog to be able to run as user cat, and > therefore run the *.php in /cat > > As far as I can tell, this is a sudo/sudoers issue, where I should > be able to set up a user/group to run the apps with no passwd... > > so... I jumped into visudo, made the change to the sudo/sudoer file > (not sure what the file is actually called!). > > the change I made > cat ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /cat/*.* Try cat ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /cat/ (whitespace and just a trailing "/" on the directory). > > > I then did a #su dog > whoami -- dog > > and as user dog... > sudo -u cat /cat/aa.php > > and got a passwd prompt for dog.... > > so what did I miss/screw up.... > > Thanks... > > > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - - -- Groucho Marx - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org