On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:18:43 -0500 kalinix <calin.kalinix.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 14:12 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:59:18 -0500 JD > <jd1...@gmail.com<mailto:jd1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > On 09/09/2010 11:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I would like to set up sudo permissions for myself (let us say) such > > > that I do not need password for /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate > > > or /usr/sbin/pm-suspend but need it for everything else. Anyone know > > > off-hand how this can be done by adding lines in the /etc/sudoers file? > > > > > > Many thanks and best wishes, > > > Ranjan > > Append a line like the following to /etc/sudoers > > > > ranjan ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL > > Sorry, maybe I was not clear. I wanted to have the ability to use sudo > without password for the above two commands, but use sudo with password > (required) for everything else. > > Will it be enough to type the two commands with a comma separator after > the NOPASSWD: (and instead of the ALL)? I guess I could try this, but > wanted to be sure. > > Ranjan > > > > > > -- > > users mailing list > > users@lists.fedoraproject.org<mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > > > In aliases section: > > > Cmnd_Alias HIBERNATE = /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate, /usr/sbin/pm-suspend > > > in the main part: > > rajan ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: HIBERNATE > > > This should do the trick in the way that you will be able to run any command > (ALL) and you will be asked for the password, except for commands that are > defined under the HIBERNATE alias. Hi, I have been unable to get this to work. If I do exactly as above, or even forgo the alias and specifically write maitra ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/pm-hibernate,/usr/sbin/pm-suspend in the main part, nothing works under sudo. Specifically, even a simple command as sudo yum update yields: Sorry, user maitra is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/yum update' as root on (name of machine). What is wrong here? Of course, maitra ALL=(ALL) ALL works just fine, but of course, asks me for my password for every sudo command. > > > Fact is that once you entered the password in sudo, it will be remembered for > the rest of the session. Really, in my case, there seems to be a time window of around 5 minutes or so before it again asks for a password. I like this feature (which I thought was default everywhere, but I guess not). Thanks! Ranjan -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
