On 09/09/2010 05:32 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > 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
You have a typo. The entry in sudoers should be: maitra ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate,/usr/sbin/pm-suspend Notice the space after the colon : -- 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
