[sudo-users] executing a command as another user w/o password

[Tony G.]

try with:
user1    ALL=(user2)  NOPASSWD: /bin/kill*

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:29 PM, <kz0twk-unix at yahoo.com> wrote:

> greeting,
>
> i need to setup sudo so that user1 can issue a command as user2 without
> entering a password. i tried the following entry in the sudoers file:
>
> user1    ALL=(user2)  NOPASSWD: /bin/kill
>
> but when logged in as user1 and execute the command
>
> sudo -u user2 -i /bin/kill -15 3948
>
> i get prompted for the password. why does this not work or what do i need
> to do to make it work.
>
> thanks,
> rj
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