Re: OT: sudo question

[Todd Zullinger]

Hi,

Mike Wright wrote:
> I would like to execute a command using sudo and not have to provide a
> password.  After much manpage time I added this:
>
> mike    ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/lxc
>
> In theory this allows mike, from any and all hosts, to execute <lxc> without
> a password.
>
> Nonetheless, "mike" executing "lxc" gets passworded, so there must be an
> error in my rule.

The format of that rule looks fine to me.  You might look in
the logs (/var/log/secure if you've got syslog enabled, else
use the journalctl command).

It may be that you're hitting another rule which supercedes
the one you've got there (for example, if there's a rule
matching a group you're in).  Using `sudo -U mike -ll` might
be helpful.