Mike,
Having not seen the original condition of your sudo script file I could
only guess. However members of the sudo group listed in /etc/group will
only be given complete root privileges if the line "%sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL" ;
1. Exists in the file.
2. It is uncommented (the '#' at the beginning is removed).
Additionally those in the sudo group will not have to type a password if
the "NOPASSWD:" option is:
1. Added to the %sudo line described above, or
2. It that original line is commented out and a new line with the option
is added to it.
I hope this clarifies things a little.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks James. Now it is acting like I want it to. But what about the thing
> where people were telling me to add the user to the group sudo? Why do you
> think that wasn't working?
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:39 PM, James Dugger <james.dugger@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Mike, the comment symbol in the sudo file is a '#' not a '%'. The % in
>> the sudo file flags the parser to read the attached trailing letters as a
>> group.
>>
>> Leave the line in /etc/group as you have it.
>>
>> comment out the line:
>>
>> sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>
>> Like this:
>>
>> # sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>
>> and add a new line below it like this:
>>
>> %sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
>>
>> and also remove the following line completely from visudo
>>
>> bmike1 ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> /etc/group
>>> ...
>>> floppy:x:25:
>>> tape:x:26:
>>> sudo:x:27:bmike1 <-relevant line
>>> audio:x:29:pulse
>>> dip:x:30:bmike1
>>> /etc/sudoers
>>> ...
>>> # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
>>> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
>>>
>>> # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
>>> %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>> <-relevant line
>>>
>>> # See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include" directives:
>>>
>>> Isn't the line that is commented out supposed to be that way,,,, wait a
>>> second! If I remember correctly the '%' is a comment symbol too. (if I
>>> rember right I was messing with a file that used % signs to comment out
>>> lines. I'll try removing it and see what happens.
>>> ,....
>>> Well I uncomented it and now the error is:
>>>
>>> $ sudo visudo
>>> bmike1 is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. (I'm
>>> terrified! lol)
>>>
>>> So to me this is saying to put the line:
>>>
>>> bmike1 ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>>
>>> under the line:
>>>
>>> sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>>
>>> so it looks like:
>>>
>>> # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
>>> sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>> <-relevant line
>>> bmike1 ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>>> <-relevant line
>>>
>>>
>>> but you were saying I should just need to add my userid to the group
>>> sudo (which, as shown, is already done). So I am at a loss! What should I
>>> do.
>>>
>>> Also, would someone explain the difference between usin a pound symbol
>>> and a percent when commenting lines.
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 7:51 PM, James Dugger <james.dugger@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> Don't know if it was explained above but the % symbol infront of the
>>>> names in the sudo file is the reference for a group listed in the
>>>> /etc/group file. So the line
>>>>
>>>> %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWORD : ALL
>>>>
>>>> When uncommented (remove the # in front if it exists) tells Linux to
>>>> allow anyone in the sudo group access to ALL commands as root without a
>>>> password. All you have to do is make sure this line is uncommented using
>>>> visudo.
>>>>
>>>> Then you would edit the /etc/group and add your username to the 'sudo'
>>>> group line after the ':' on that line. If there is already another user
>>>> listed simply add a comma to the end of the previous name then a space and
>>>> add your username at the end (without a comma after your username).
>>>>
>>>> Caution: This gives any and all users that are part of the sudo group
>>>> complete root privileges without password requirements. If this is an
>>>> issue you can depending on your distro instead use the %wheel group listing
>>>> in the sudo file. If the %wheel stanza exists (same as the %sudo ...
>>>> above) and there is a group named wheel in /etc/group you could use this in
>>>> lieu of %sudo.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 04:48:42PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>> > regardless, how do I fix sudoers?
>>>>>
>>>>> By deleting the sudoers file and renaming the sudoers.bak file to
>>>>> sudoers. Uh, you *did* make a backup of the sudoers file...didn't you?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bob Holtzman
>>>>> If you think you're getting free lunch,
>>>>> check the price of the beer.
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