sudo examples

[Tom Curl]

You do need to set yourself up as a sudo user in the sudoers file by
using visudo as root.

If you've done that, you should be all set. Happy sudoing Steven.


On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 16:31 -0700, Steven Barre wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I understand how to configure sudo, but I don't get how to get 
> real-world use from it. Is it best to write custom scripts for the 
> things that need doing and give sudo access to those scripts?
> 
> Most of what I do as root is done because of file permissions. For 
> example, if I want a user to have access to a conf file but don't want 
> to change the file permissions of the conf file, how can I do this with 
> sudo?
> 
> Do you have any examples of how you use sudo to allow users to do some 
> basic tasks?
> 
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