On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Ski Dawg <centos at skidawg.org> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am trying to change our /etc/sudoers (using visudo) to allow 2 > commands to be run as root without a password, but it isn't working. > Here is the part of the sudoers file that is in question. > > # User alias specification > User_Alias FULLACCESS = doug, scott > > # members of the FULLACCESS User_Alias may run chown and chmod without > a password > FULLACCESS ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chown, /bin/chmod > > # members of the FULLACCESS User_Alias may run anything but need a password > FULLACCESS ALL=(root) ALL > > The part for requiring a password works, but not the NOPASSWD line. I > have tried changing the order of these lines with no change in > behavior. After each change to the sudoers file, I am logging out of > the machine and logging back in to make sure that it is properly > reading the changes. > > I have also replaced the list of commands with a Cmnd_Alias, with no > change in behavior. > > Any thoughts or suggestions about what I am missing. > -- Hi, Can you remove (root) and then try for NOPASSWD Regards Ankush