apache restart for sudoer-user

[Jim Wildman]

You need to add an apachectl line with 'restart' on it.

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Jim Wildman, CISSP                                      jim at rossberry.com
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On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Oliver Etzel - GoodnGo.COM (R) wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> I want that my user "frutz" can restart apache server without being root.
> 
> My /etc/sudoer is configured as follows:
> 
> # /etc/sudoer
> # sudoers file.
> #
> # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
> #
> # See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
> # Host alias specification
> Host_Alias SERVER = frutz23
> # User alias specification
> User_Alias WEBBIES = frutz,servicer
> # Cmnd alias specification
> Cmnd_Alias WEBSTART = /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
> Cmnd_Alias WEBSTOP  = /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl stop
> Cmnd_Alias SERVICE  = /sbin/service
> # Defaults specification
> # User privilege specification
> root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> WEBBIES SERVER=WEBSTART
> WEBBIES SERVER=WEBSTOP
> WEBBIES SERVER=SERVICE
> 
> What happened here?
> 
> User frutz can start the apache via apachectl, but
> followed by the folloeing error message:
> 
> /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart
> /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart: httpd not running, trying to start
> fopen: Permission denied
> httpd: could not open error log file /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log.
> /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart: httpd could not be started
> 
> How I have to configure /etc/sudoers  so that user frutz can restart the
> apache server gracefully?
> 
> Hope for help
> Yours,
> 
> Oliver Etzel
> lowprice serverhousing www.t-host.com
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