eric@lucii.org on 25 Feb 2004 15:02:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] sudoers file


On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 09:53:29AM -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 09:48:35AM -0500, eric@lucii.org wrote:
> > I want a user, admin, to be able to run /bin/tar without passwords
> > so I "visudo" and enter this line (as suggested in the references:
> > 
> >   admin     ALL=/bin/tar    NOPASSWD: ALL
> 
> Not sure which reference gave you this, but it's wrong.
> 
> Try this:
> 
>   admin ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/tar
> 
> (You're putting the command in the wrong place.)
> 
> -- 
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net


Muchas Gracias! - that works!

Eric


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