[nmglug] sudo

[pi]

a_kaluta wrote:
> Dear club members;
> Attempting to add to the sudoers list,
> looking at "man sudoers", attempting to assemble those examples,has been 
> a no go.
> I wish to add "Red" with root access to "visudo".
> Are there any club members inclined to reveal their knowledge of that 
> arcane syntax?
>                                          Signed: a Friend of Reds'.
> #Host alias specifications
> #User alias specifications
> #Cmnd alias specifications
> #User alias specifications
> root    ALL=(ALL) ALL

red ALL=/usr/sbin/visudo

However, this is effectively root access, since vi will let the user 
escape to the shell by  :!sh
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