Sudoer Help ........
 

Hi,

When i use command "sudo -l" under my user, it gives me the following list.

(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chgrp
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chmod
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chown
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mkdir
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/su - hubsup
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/su hubsup
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/vi *.conf
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/vi *.xml
(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/find
(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/passwd

(hubsup) NOPASSWD: ALL

Actually I am a bit confused for "/bin/su" command access.

For the lines with "/bin/su" , what does this mean exactly ? Does this mean that, I can do "\sudo su - hubsup" OR "\sudo su -l - hubsup" i.e. switching to hubsup user , which won't ask me for any password.

Actually, I tried with "\sudo su - hubsup" OR "\sudo su -l - hubsup" , from my user account, but, I was not able to switch to "hubsup" user.

with command, "\sudo /bin/su - hubsup" , i am getting blank output on the screen. Pressing enter key, is showing "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
" again and again. Then, I need to press ctrl+C to come out of the execution.

Can you please help me, in understanding, what is the meaning of "(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/su - hubsup" and how I can make use of "su" command, from my user-account here. (to switch to "hubsup" user)

Please help.

Thanks and Regards,

Jitendriya Dash.

Which distribution is this?

Note: when I run that command, the first line is:

User simon may run the following commands on this host:

... you do not mention this appearing for you. Does it?

What happened instead? Did you get an error message?

Why do you keep putting a backslash before the "sudo".

sudo su hubsup

http://kb.iu.edu/data/amyi.html

Note - it is frowned upon to set up sudo without needing a password.

Thanks a lot.. Further Inputs required...
 

Hi,

Thanks a lot, for your response. I am giving my outputs, with the following commands.

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PROMPT > /appl/local/bin/sudo /bin/su - hubsup

WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0

WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0

PROMPT > sudo /bin/su - hubsup
sudo: sorry, you are not allowed to preserve the environment

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Even, when I am trying sudo su - $USER , it is not working, showing as, not authorized.

NOTE:-
with sudo -l , it is showing this line about user "hubsup".

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(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/su - hubsup
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So, my only concern is, this access is given in sudoer, but still I am not able to use su to user "hubsup".

Please share your views on the same.

Thanks and Regards,

Jitendriya Dash.

You are accessing the terminal via some remote client?
So do not try to preserve the environment.

The entry does not make much sence - if you want to executo a command as hubsup (hub supervisor?) when you are logged in as a regular (but sudo) user, then why not

sudo -u hubsup <command>

The sudo -l entry is telling me that your user can act as root, without password, when executing the command /bin/su - hubsup

... what is the sudoers entry for this?

I suspect that the subsequent entry has overridden the one you are trying to use.