From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Apr 10 10:20:54 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D15037B401
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:20:54 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from joloxbox.joshualokken.com (12-225-249-250.client.attbi.com
	[12.225.249.250])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5C243F75
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:20:53 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from joshualokken@attbi.com)
Received: from joloxbox.joshualokken.com (localhost.joshualokken.com
	[127.0.0.1])h3AHLabF029804;	Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:21:36 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from joshualokken@attbi.com)
Received: (from jolok@localhost)
	by joloxbox.joshualokken.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3AHLX9w029803;
	Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:21:33 -0700 (PDT)
X-Authentication-Warning: joloxbox.joshualokken.com: jolok set sender to
	joshualokken@attbi.com using -f
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:21:33 -0700
From: Joshua Lokken <joshualokken@attbi.com>
To: "E. J. Cerejo" <edinho64@netscape.net>
Message-ID: <20030410172133.GA29520@joloxbox.joshualokken.com>
References: <1124.192.168.1.4.1049936589.squirrel@probsd.org>
	<3E94CF74.4030403@netscape.net>
	<1362.192.168.1.4.1049939943.squirrel@probsd.org>
	<3E95206D.9020807@netscape.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <3E95206D.9020807@netscape.net>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i
Organization: little to none
X-OS: FreeBSD joloxbox.joshualokken.com 4.8-STABLE i386
cc: ms@probsd.org
cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: sudo
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:20:54 -0000

* E. J. Cerejo (edinho64@netscape.net) wrote:
==> 
==> 
==> ms@probsd.org wrote:
==> >replace ecerejo.Belkin with: localhost
==> >
==> >then visudo
==> >
==> >what now?
==> >
==> >michael
==> >
==> >
==> >
==> >>ms@probsd.org wrote:
==> >>
==> >>>example - assuming your user name is noltie on a host named flowers
==> >>>
==> >>>ee /usr/local/etc/sudoers
==> >>>
==> >>>%noltie     flowers:NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
==> >>>
==> >>>Then type: visudo
==> >>>
==> >>>To close and write the change, just do: Shift+:wq
==> >>>
==> >>>then as user noltie: sudo /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
==> >>
==> >>I get an error, this is the line I used:
==> >>
==> >>%kdedude ecerejo.Belkin:NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/cdrecord
==> >>
==> >>and I get this error when I try saving it with visudo:
==> >>
==> >>/usr/local/etc/sudoers.tmp: 28 lines, 637 characters.
==> >>>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 27 <<<
==> >>What now?
==> 
==> It doesn't give an error when saving if I put just this:
==> 
==> %kdedude localhost = NOPASSWD: /usr/X11R6/bin/xcdroast
==> 
==> but when I run it complains saying that kdedude is not in sudoers file, 
==> tried it without the "%" sign and it complained again.  The only way it 
==> worked was when I put this in there:
==> 
==> %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
==> 
==> but I don't want to do that though, I just want to be able to run a few 
==> commands and not "ALL" commands.
==> 

Why don't you try this:

Cmnd_Alias	ROAST = /usr/X11R6/bin/xcdroast
<yourusername>  ALL = NOPASSWD: ROAST

That works for me.  Also, you will want to check out this page:

http://www.courtesan.com/sudo

--
Joshua