How Do I Give Sudo Access to a Specific Command in Linux?
Contents Sudo Has an Option Called Nopasswd That Can Be Used to Specify Commands That Can Be Run as Sudo Without Being Prompted for the Password. for Example...
sudo has an option called NOPASSWD that can be used to specify commands that can be run as sudo without being prompted for the password. For example, to enable user called john to restart Network Manager on an Ubuntu system as any user without being prompted for password, at the line below to sudoers file.
How do I give sudo access to a specific command?
To use this tool, you need to issue the command sudo -s and then enter your sudo password. Now enter the command visudo and the tool will open the /etc/sudoers file for editing). Save and close the file and have the user log out and log back in. They should now have a full range of sudo privileges.
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Steps to Add Sudo User on Ubuntu
- Step 1: Create New User. Log into the system with a root user or an account with sudo privileges. …
- Step 2: Add User to Sudo Group. Most Linux systems, including Ubuntu, have a user group for sudo users. …
- Step 3: Verify User Belongs to Sudo Group. …
- Step 4: Verify Sudo Access.
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