[sudo-users] Stuck in Cmnd_Alias

[leam hall]

Matthew, thanks! I'm not sure whether to laugh because this works or cry
because I should have seen my mistake...

Off to finish up.

On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Stier, Matthew <Matthew.Stier at us.fujitsu.com
> wrote:

> You need to run the 'sudo' with the command you want to run as the
> argument.
>
> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/yum update
>
> The sudo command will then check its configuration files and verify you
> have the permissions to run the command on this host.  (The trifecta of who
> what and where.)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sudo-users [mailto:sudo-users-bounces at sudo.ws] On Behalf Of leam
> hall
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 7:55 AM
> To: sudo-users at sudo.ws
> Subject: Re: [sudo-users] Stuck in Cmnd_Alias
>
> Matthew, sorry, I misspoke. I had some success late last night but forgot
> which part worked. Coffee here is still kicking in.
>
> This works in /etc/sudoers.d/testsudo
>
>   testsudo        ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
>
>
> Results:
>
> [testsudo at shaphan ~]$ sudo su -
> [root at shaphan ~]#
>
> If I change to YUM_UPDATE:
>
> testsudo file:
>
> Cmnd_Alias YUM_UPDATE = /usr/bin/yum update
> testsudo        ALL = YUM_UPDATE
>
>
> Results:
>
> [testsudo at shaphan ~]$ yum update
> Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit,
>               : security, versionlock
> You need to be root to perform this command.
> [testsudo at shaphan ~]$ /usr/bin/yum update
> Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit,
>               : security, versionlock
> You need to be root to perform this command.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Stier, Matthew <
> Matthew.Stier at us.fujitsu.com
> > wrote:
>
> > How is the former working.  Are you invoking: /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/sudo
> > su -
> >
> > How are the later failing?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sudo-users [mailto:sudo-users-bounces at sudo.ws] On Behalf Of Leam
> > Hall
> > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 7:39 AM
> > To: sudo-users at sudo.ws
> > Subject: [sudo-users] Stuck in Cmnd_Alias
> >
> > Trying to move to /etc/sudoers.d files for most everything. Having
> > trouble on a CentOS 6 box. What am I missing?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Leam
> > ### /etc/sudoers.d/testsudo
> >
> > # This works:
> > testsudo       ALL = /usr/bin/sudo su -
> >
> > # Commenting out the above and changing to a Cmnd_Alias fails.
> > Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE = /bin/rpm, /usr/bin/up2date, /usr/bin/yum
> > Cmnd_Alias YUM_UPDATE = /usr/bin/yum update
> > testsudo        ALL = SOFTWARE,YUM_UPDATE
> >
> > ###
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