Mapping userid rights in sudo

[frederick hannah]

How do apply the same rights to a new userid in sudo to a userid that is already in sudo? I have an 11.11 environment, sudo is 1.6.2b1

[Rick Garland]

Duplicate the user rights in the sudoers file for 'newuser'.

If the membership is all that is required, put the 'newuser' into the appropriate group

[frederick hannah]

and of course the newid has to be in the sudo file? Or could it not be and still have sudo rights because its in the same group as the original sudo id?

[Rick Garland]

It does not have to be because it is in the same group as the olduserID. But this implies that the olduserID has all privs based on group membership.

[Rick Garland]

It does not have to be because it is in the same group as the olduserID. But this implies that the olduserID has all necessary privs based on group membership.

[frederick hannah]

Ouch, it didnt work. I will have to add the userid to the sudoers file.

[frederick hannah]

Still no good. Any suggestions at all? I may not have properly modified the sudoers file

[Rick Garland]

Are you using the 'visudo' command? Do not just 'vi' the sudoers file, use the 'visudo' command.

This is typically a requirement.

[frederick hannah]

Yes, I am using the visudo tool. I have made previous modifications and got the desired results. There is probably some minor rule I am violating so this appears to be a trial and error endeavor.

[frederick hannah]

I found the solution and it was something I had overlooked. thanks for your assist.