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

christian.peper at kpn.com christian.peper at kpn.com
Tue May 5 03:06:54 EDT 2009


> -----Original Message-----
> HI Russell,
> 
> I ran it "sudo -l" under usera.
> 
> Got prompted for a password. Entered the root password and 
> got the following output:
> 
> "bash-3.2$ sudo -l
> Password:
> Sorry, user usera may not run sudo on 146x102."
> 
Erwin,

AFAIK sudo will always ask you for *your own* passwd or that of the user your switching to. Never the root passwd. Otherwise, if you know the root passwd, what do you need sudo for? :)

Chris.


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