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On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I'm guessing this is a sudo question, but I'm unfamiliar with the nuances of |
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> sudo (never had to use it before). |
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> I have a new hosted VM server that I want to allow a user to be able to edit |
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> files owned by root, but without giving them the root password. |
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> I already did: |
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> /usr/sbin/visudo |
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> and added the following line: |
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> %sudoroot ALL=(ALL) ALL |
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> and made sure the user is in this group, but they still get an access denied |
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> error when trying to mv or cp files that are owned bu root. |
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> What is the best way to do this? I'd really prefer to not give them the root |
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> password so they can su -... |
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The sudo command allows commands to be executed *as though they were root*. |
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'sudo su -' would work. So would 'sudo mv src dst'. |
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So, incidentally, would 'sudo passwd root'... |
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:wq |
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