Is it possible to use sudo with !requiretty for a specific command

Question

I am trying to allow a specific command to be run under sudo without a tty. I found that I can disable requiretty for a group :

Defaults:%support !requiretty

But I dont know how to do it for a single command. Is it possible at all ?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '11 at 15:02

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You should be able to do:

Cmnd_Alias                NOTTYCMDS = /path/to/cmd1, /path/to/cmd2
Defaults!NOTTYCMDS        !requiretty

answered Mar 11 '11 at 15:02

Dennis Williamson

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Looks promising, but this does not work for me. – takeshin Dec 21 '11 at 10:06
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This works for me running Sudo version 1.7.4p5. – Keith Burdis Oct 24 '12 at 11:30
I don't know why the `Defaults:USERALIAS !requiretty` does not work for me, but this Cmnd_Alias does, and that is good enough. – bgStack15 May 31 '17 at 15:14

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 09 '13 at 10:11

To disable sudo tty requirement for a single command use the following in the sudoers file:

Defaults!/path/command !requiretty

(This is in addition to the "Defaults requiretty" line that enables the option in general. Note about the potentially confusing syntax: the first "!" just means that what follows is a command list (compare with ":" for a user list, etc), whereas the second "!" means "not".)

Is it possible to use sudo with !requiretty for a specific command

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