Re: [Ltib] Tip: How to configure sudo properly

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Svein,

Thanks for the tip!

Regards, Stuart

Svein Seldal wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I'd like to share a small experience with sudo -- it not directly linked 
> to LTIB, but it's for all you guys out there struggeling with similar 
> symptoms. For the record I'm running Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04).
>
> I had a problem with sudo where it kept asking me for password, even 
> despite it was properly configured.
>
> You can list the valid sudo commands with:
>
> $ sudo -l
> User foobar may run the following commands on this host:
>     (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rpm
>     (root) NOPASSWD: /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin/rpm
>     (ALL) ALL
>
> Here's the catch 22: The "(ALL) ALL" line MUST be located above our 
> NOPASSWD lines. I below, the ALL specifier will override the NOPASSWD 
> commands and thus re-request a password. Hence the output must look 
> something like this:
>
> $ sudo -l
> User foobar may run the following commands on this host:
>     (ALL) ALL
>     (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rpm
>     (root) NOPASSWD: /opt/freescale/ltib/usr/bin/rpm
>
> Just make sure the NOPASSWD lines are at the bottom of the sudoers file. 
> It will save you time and annoance!
>
>
> Best regards,
> Svein
>
>
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