[sudo-users] Sudo user cannot execute commands

[Carville, Stephen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sudo-users-bounces at courtesan.com [mailto:sudo-users-
> bounces at courtesan.com] On Behalf Of Valdemir Santos
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 8:28 AM
> To: sudo-users at sudo.ws
> Subject: [sudo-users] Sudo user cannot execute commands
> 
> Hi:
> 
> Can you tell me why user valdemir cannot run "w" command using sudo ?
> 
> 
> # User privilege specification
> root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> valdemir        ALL=/usr/bin/w

This gives valdemir permission to run /usr/bin/w as root.

> solaris   / > id
> uid=2142(valdemir) gid=10(staff)
> solaris   / > sudo -u valdemir w
> Sorry, user valdemir is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/w' as
valdemir
> on
> ugmtzsux007.

But he is trying to run it as valdemir.

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Stephen Carville <scarville at landam.com>
Systems Engineer
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