topic Re: sudo syntax in Operating System - HP-UX

sudo syntax

Rainer von Bongartz — Wed, 25 May 2005 06:22:37 GMT

I'm trying to configure sudo to allow a user to mount and umount an NFS share.

I've put the following in the sudoers file but always get an syntax error on the Cmnd_alias line:

Cmnd_Alias MNT =/usr/sbin/mount nova:/INFORMIXTMP/backup /INFORMIXTMP/backup

informix ALL = NOPASSWD: MNT

Cann anybode help on the correct syntax ?

Regards
Rainer

Re: sudo syntax

R.O. — Wed, 25 May 2005 06:33:18 GMT

# Cmnd alias specification
Cmnd_Alias MNT = /usr/sbin/mount

after this, try to execute the command:

sudo mount nova:/INFORMIXTMP/backup/INFORMIXTMP/backup

Regards,

Re: sudo syntax

Ermin Borovac — Wed, 25 May 2005 06:44:02 GMT

Colon (:) is special character for sudo and it must be escaped with backslash (\).

Cmnd_Alias MNT =/usr/sbin/mount nova\:/INFORMIXTMP/backup /INFORMIXTMP/backup

Re: sudo syntax

Rainer von Bongartz — Wed, 25 May 2005 08:18:15 GMT

Thanks Ermin...