[sudo-users] sudo config problem

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at courtesan.com
Tue Mar 9 10:47:01 EST 2010


In message <4B965D9D.6050809 at ita.org.mo>
	so spake "Edward. S. P. Leong" (edwardspl):

> Mine is Fedora 11...
> 
> [root]# rpm -qa | grep "sudo"
> sudo-1.7.2p5-1.fc11.x86_64
> [root]#
> 
> After config the sudo, then there is some of error :
> [root@ ~]# visudo
> visudo: Warning: unused User_Alias ADMINS
> visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias DELEGATING
> visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias DRIVERS
> visudo: Warning: unused Host_Alias FILESERVERS
> visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias LOCATE
> visudo: Warning: unused Host_Alias MAILSERVERS
> visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias NETWORKING
> visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias PROCESSES
> visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias SERVICES
> visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE
> visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias STORAGE
> [root@ ~]#
> 
> Is there any solution for it ?

This just means that you have several aliases defined that you are
not actually using.  Visudo warns about this in case they are typos
or unintentional.  It is not, however, an error and sudo will still
run.

 - todd



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