visudo is the command used to edit the sudoers file
Questions tagged [visudo]
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What does the first star (*) mean in visudo command restriction
Restriction example in visudo :
(ALL) NOPASSWD: (ALL) /bin/cp * /var/www/html/*
I understand most of it, its just the first star driving me nuts. My best guess is , its either for command options or source path.
Thanks!
Adrian
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How to run the bash command as a system user without giving that user the right to run commands as any user
I have written a python script which includes this line:
response = subprocess.check_output(['/usr/bin/sudo /bin/su - backup -c "/usr/bin/ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no %s bash -s" <<\'EOF\'\nPATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH\nmvn --version|grep -i…
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How to give a particular use's privileges to another user in Debian?
Lets say in my Debian PC have 2 users called cat and dog.
I want to use sudo setup to give dog's privileges to cat. So cat can do what dogs do.
I'm new to sudo stuff but I tried below config. It gives below error when cat trying to access dog's…
Yasiru G
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How to 'sudo' without 'newgrp'
I have two CentOS 6.8 servers running on VirtualBoxes.
On one, I can login as a regular user then use "sudo" to run administrator commands. I just add "sudo" to the front and all works as expected.
On the other, I need to first run "newgrp wheel",…
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Permission denied after visudo nopasswd set for port command
I am trying to prevent bash to ask for sudo permission to run the port command (OSX packet manager) adding it to visudo. I basically tried to follow this SO thread but I still get an error
manfredo@cave05:~$ port selfupdate
---> Updating MacPorts…
Manfredo
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