Re: editing /etc/sudoers

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008, Erik Christiansen wrote:

...............snip.............

If I read the docs right the entry to allow the new user to install
software would be "username ALL=(username) /usr/bin, /usr/sbin". Could
someone please confirm this or correct me? Assuming it's correct, is
that the only entry required? The docs I saw weren't that clear (or was
it me who was dense?).

If root privileges aren't needed for the commands in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin
to perform installation, that should be OK. Otherwise, to grant your
limited root privileges to username, I'd try:

username ALL=(ALL) /usr/bin, /usr/sbin

I think you're right. That dawned on me 30 seconds after I posted.

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