sudo pico and cvs

jstu · 09-02-2003, 11:03 AM

I'm trying to implement sudo so I can have someone be able to change certain config files on a server I have the line

test_user ALL = (root) /usr/bin/pico

to me that means that test_user will be able to edit any file on the server using pico, but when I test it I get permission denied when I try to write. and the same with when I replace pico with vi.

Thanks

trickykid · 09-02-2003, 11:25 AM

Well sudo is to give users access to commands they aren't usually able to use or access, not edit files. To edit a file, they would need to have actual write access to the file in question, by either being the owner, or be part of a group with write access.

Your trying to setup sudo to any user to use pico, in which they already have access to use pico or vi...

jstu · 09-02-2003, 11:29 AM

Makes sense. The only thing I'm not understaning is for example the command /bin/rm all users can access and use that command, but I can go sudo /rm /home/other_user/users_file that seems to act as if I'm root.