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Tyriel

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2009-01-20

Posts: 161

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[Solved] Sudo Configuration (NOPASSWD)

I am currently trying to configure sudo to not use a password for specific commands.  I am specifically doing this for netcfgGUI, however I will use more basic independent commands to demonstrate my issue.

If I do the following sudo does not require a password for any commands for any user in group wheel as expected.

%wheel  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Now if I change this to affect only a certain command like so:

%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/ls

or

%wheel ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/ls

I get the following error:

sudo: sorry, you are not allowed to preserve the environment

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Last edited by Tyriel (2009-11-17 14:52:04)

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deej

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Registered: 2008-02-08

Posts: 395

Re: [Solved] Sudo Configuration (NOPASSWD)

Are you using the 'visudo' command ?

Deej

t4k1t

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Registered: 2009-07-19

Posts: 123

Re: [Solved] Sudo Configuration (NOPASSWD)

Do you use sudo -E? Or have set an alias like

alias sudo="sudo -E"

?

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Tyriel

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2009-01-20

Posts: 161

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Re: [Solved] Sudo Configuration (NOPASSWD)

Are you using the 'visudo' command ?
Deej

Yes I am using visudo

Do you use sudo -E? Or have set an alias like

alias sudo="sudo -E"

?

Ahh that was it, I forgot I did not commented out the alias of "sudo -E" in my .bashrc.  Thanks for the help guys

Last edited by Tyriel (2009-11-17 14:51:29)

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The software required Windows XP or better, so I installed archlinux.