sudo moron

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 11:57 -0700, der.hans wrote:
> Am 09. Sep, 2005 schwätzte Craig White so:
> 
> A quick glance makes me think the commands don't match up.
> 
> > gonna show my ignorance when it comes to sudo
> >
> > # tail -n 8 /etc/sudoers
> > # Cmnd alias specification
> > Cmnd_Alias IPOD=/sbin/modprobe sbp2
> 
> /sbin/modprobe -r sbp2
> 
> I think you need to specify the -r the Cmnd_Alias.
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yup - that was it - didn't realize that the 'exact' command with all
modifiers had to be in /etc/sudoers - duh! - proper subject on email I
suppose
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> 
> > sbp2_force_inquiry_hack=1, /sbin/rmmod sbp2
> 
> Is that setting an environmental variable? I've never tried to do that in
> the middle of a Cmnd_Alias definition.
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I guess so - it was lifted from readme on the gtkpod software. I removed
it - didn't need it anyway
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> 
> > Cmnd_Alias EJECT=/usr/bin/eject
> 
> /usr/bin/eject /dev/sda2
> 
> I think you need to specify /dev/sda2 for the Cmnd_Alias.
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as per above exactness, I have found that to be the case
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> 
> > # User privilege specification
> > craig   ALL=(ALL) ALL
> > craig   ALL= NOPASSWD : IPOD
> > craig   ALL= NOPASSWD : EJECT
> 
> You can put that all on one $line.
> 
> # lufthans ALL=(ALL) /usr/bin/apt-get update, /usr/bin/apt-get install *, \
> # 	NOPASSWD: /bin/tar x --atime-preserve -pvf -
> 
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and I've now modified it to be

craig   ALL= NOPASSED : IPOD, EJECT

thanks - it now workee and sudo moron (or pseudo moron) is now just a
bit wiser.

Craig