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Old 08-16-2004, 03:10 PM   #1
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visudo


i executed the visudo command to edit the sudoers file.
every time i exit with ctrl-z i brings me to
sh-2.05b#
pompt, when i try to exit from the prompt by typing exit, it brings me back into the sudoers file.
on top of it all my alterations to my sudoers file do not work.
Code:
%buddha DarkStar=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/bin/mount[A-Z]*
%buddha DarkStar=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/bin/umount[A-Z]*
%buddha DarkStar=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown[A-Z]*
here are my aliases i created that should use the sudo file
Code:
alias sd="sudo shutdown -h now"
alias rb="sudo shutdown -r now"
alias cdrom="sudo mount /dev/cdrom /home/buddha/cdrom"
alias ucdrom="sudo umount /dev/cdrom"
anyone have a clue how to fix these two problems.
the exiting of root to the wrong prompt, and the fact that my sudo changes didn't take.
thanks ahead of time.
 
Old 08-16-2004, 03:36 PM   #2
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Re: visudo

Quote:
Originally posted by xviddivxoggmp3
i executed the visudo command to edit the sudoers file.
every time i exit with ctrl-z i brings me to
when you exit vi and want to save the changes the command is.........

Code:
:wq!
 
Old 08-16-2004, 03:46 PM   #3
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why the "!"? That is to force exit, whether saved or not. Could you not do just ":wq" Note: These are questions not statements. I just do a :wq if saving and closing and :q! if I don't want to save, but I don't know the ins and outs of different switches are.

EDIT: of course you will want to make sure to leave insert mode before using any : command. <esc> will take you out of insert mode if you are in it.

Last edited by Mephisto; 08-16-2004 at 03:48 PM.
 
Old 08-16-2004, 03:50 PM   #4
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The aliases should be fine once you fix up the sudoers file.
 
Old 08-16-2004, 04:15 PM   #5
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And Ctrl-Z in general just back-grounds a process :)


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Old 08-17-2004, 12:08 AM   #6
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I keep getting the error.
it asks me for a password, but i didn't think it was sapposed to do that.
then it says the following after i put in the root password.
Code:
buddha is not allowed to run sudo on localhost. This incident will be reported.

Last edited by xviddivxoggmp3; 08-17-2004 at 12:10 AM.
 
Old 08-17-2004, 01:21 AM   #7
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"%buddha DarkStar=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown[A-Z]*"

the % means group, if you want the user try without the %
 
Old 08-17-2004, 08:19 PM   #8
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i got it to work on my redhat box with the following
Code:
buddha localhost= NOPASSWD:/bin/mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
buddha localhost= NOPASSWD:/bin/umount /dev/cdrom
buddha localhost= NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown -h now
buddha localhost= NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown -r now
but it doesn't work on the slackware box
I tried to execute these programs remotely and local.

Code:
buddha is not allowed to run sudo on localhost. This incident will be reported.
is there another way to fix this?

[edit1]
I figured it out.
I needed to do change the name in the command to the following. I was having issues going from one box to the other writing the files, due to the monkey brain has short term memory problems.
Code:
buddha DarkStar= NOPASSWD:/sbin/shutdown -r now
[/edit1]

Last edited by xviddivxoggmp3; 08-20-2004 at 12:28 AM.
 
  


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