On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 09:21:06AM +0100, Philip Reynolds wrote: > On 9/7/06, Nick <list at everywhereinternet.com> wrote: > >Just wondering if anyone out there is using sudo across a bunch of > >machines and has a system/script for painlessly distributing a master > >sudoers file? is it as easy as a daily cronjob running wget/scp/rsync? > > I do, but I use the group access directive '%' to give access to > people in the 'wheel' group. >... We've added a group to our NIS group map and then use that with the % directive to give access to the people in that group. Thus it only requires an update to a single NIS map and, if desired immediately, a NIS map push (ours are set to automatically update regularly so the push isn't needed if we're willing to wait). Debbie -- | Debbie Tropiano | debbiet at arlut.utexas.edu | | Environmental Sciences Laboratory | +1 512 835 3367 w | | Applied Research Laboratories of UT Austin | +1 512 835 3544 fax | | P.O. Box 8029, Austin, TX 78713-8029 | home email: debbie at icus.com |