[sudo-users] How userA can run userB's script

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at courtesan.com
Tue Apr 28 10:14:07 EDT 2009


In message <20FCEE8F-485C-4227-B823-F823BBE55827 at filemaker.com>
	so spake  (erwin_hom):

> There is a setting in sudoers which lets you use the target user's  
> password, i.e.
> 
> Defaults targetpw
> 
> But it seems to be a default behavioral change of 'sudo' that affects  
> every users, not just userA, right?

Correct.  However, you can bind that option specifically to userA.
E.g.

Defaults:userA targetpw

and then whenever userA runs sudo he/she will need to use the
password of the user the command is being run as.

 - todd



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