[nmglug] sudo

[Sam Noble]

On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 21:53 -0600, pi wrote:
> 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

Additionally, user red could easily add sudo entries for anything he
wants to do including:

red     ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

:)
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