need to give "sudo" access to one user

[praveen..]

Hi,
I need to give "sudo" access to one user, how can i do this?

that user needs to run some root commands of "powermt" ..etc

Please suggest

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Praveen,

Edit /etc/sudoers file and add the user and "powermt" command.

-Arun

[praveen..]

No /etc/sudoers file is there..... :-(

[Raj D.]

Praveen ,

Use the find command to find the sudoers file.

many times it resides under /usr/local/etc/sudo/sudoers

else:
# find / -name sudoers -print

And add the full patch of the powermt command on the access list of sudoers , for that user/group.


Cheers,
Raj.

[Raj D. · Accepted solution]

Praveen ,

Use the find command to find the sudoers file.

many times it resides under /usr/local/etc/sudo/sudoers

else:
# find / -name sudoers -print

And add the full path of the powermt command on the access list of sudoers , for that user/group.


Cheers,
Raj.

[Kenan Erdey]

and also, the command "visudo" opens sudoers file directly. and before closing checks the syntax.

[ricky2]

hi praveen,

its better to use the visudo which will open the sudoers file directly and you can include the login id of the user to whom u need to give the sudo acess.

Rgds,
Ricky

[praveen..]

root@server:[/root]# whereis powermt
powermt: /sbin/powermt
root@server:[/root]# find / -name sudoers
/opt/iexpress/sudo/etc/sudoers
/opt/iexpress/sudo/newconfig/opt/iexpress/sudo/etc/sudoers

username: laoracle

please let me know how to give sudo access to "laoracle" user.
what will be entry format?

[Kenan Erdey]

run visudo. adding a line like:
laoracle ALL= /sbin/powermt

will be enough i think.

[Raj D.]

Praveen,

You can use the visudo command to edit the sudoers file.


Cheers,
Raj.