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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Hi James,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Yes I tried to do this on another machine
unfortunately this didn’t work for me, good you raised this topic<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>On the other machine I edited the visudo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>User_Alias PROJECT = emma, paddy, sb<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>PROJECT ALL = !/usr/su, !/bin/su, !/usr/bin/passwd<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>paddy, emma, %PROJECT, %sys ALL = NETWORKING,
SOFTWARE, SERVICES, STORAGE, DELEGATING, PROCESSES, LOCATE, DRIVERS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>But no success neither paddy nor emma
could install software using yum could they run any network commands </span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings;color:blue'>L</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>I am sure I am doing something wrong try
to google but no luck </span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Wingdings><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>L</span></font><font
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color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Harry <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>James Corteciano<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 27 June 2008 2:59 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">CentOS
mailing list</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [CentOS] Wheel and
YUM!!</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Harry,<br>
<br>
Try to implement sudoers and add the group "wheel" inside from it
(you can modify it from /etc/sudoers or using visudo command). In that way, all
your users can use yum command.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
-james<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Harry Sukumar <<a
href="mailto:hsukumar@bond.edu.au">hsukumar@bond.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Dear
All </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I
am trying to allow a local user on the centos machine to be able to run yum </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>What
I have done is added him to the wheel group so that he can run software,
basically it's his own machine if he breaks it it's his problem</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>But
even after adding him to wheel, sys and adm group he is unable to install using
yum</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I
am sure I must be missing something or I must be doing something wrong, </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Many
Thanks</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Harry
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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