easy config problem ...

[Kenn Murrah]

Alek O. Komarnitsky (N-CSC) wrote:

>>From sudo-users-bounces at sudo.ws Wed Oct 29 10:07 MST 2003
>>
>>Greetings.
>>
>>My apologies for the easy configuration question, but I'm having trouble 
>>understanding the man file and howtos that I've found so far ...
>>
>>so,  I'm trying to create a simple sudo, in which a user "prep" is 
>>allowed to execute the "adduser" command .... I've tried adding the user 
>>"prep" to the user configuration but visudo complains  ....  what am I 
>>doing wrong?  How can I achieve this rather simple goal?
>>
>>Thanks for the help.
>>
>>Kenn
>>
>>    
>>
>>># sudoers file.
>>>#
>>># This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
>>>#
>>># See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
>>>#
>>>
>>># Host alias specification
>>>
>>># User alias specification
>>>
>>># Cmnd alias specification
>>>
>>>Cmnd_Alias	ADDUSER = /usr/sbin/adduser
>>>
>>># User privilege specification
>>>root	ALL=(ALL) ALL
>>>      
>>>
>
>
>I can't remember if significant, but we have a TAB delimeter
>after the "Alias" keyword and no spaces between the "="
>I.e. something like the following SHOULD work:
>   Cmnd_Alias	ADDUSER=/usr/sbin/adduser
>   prep		ALL=ADDUSER     (to be able to run on ALL machines)
>   prep		abc=ADDUSER     (can only run on machine abc)
>
>alek
>
>  
>
Now I've seemed to have broken it completely again ... I have:

Cmnd_Alias	ADDUSER=/usr/sbin/adduser
root	ALL=(ALL) ALL
prep	ALL=ADDUSER

and I can't adduser after logging on as prep ....  

what am I doing wrong?

thanks in advance,

kennM