[gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

[gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

[Grant]

I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo'
and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut
down the system:

grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now

What am I missing?

- Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

[JimD]

On Wed, April 5, 2006 7:45 pm, Grant wrote:
> I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo'
> and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut down the system:
>
> grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> - Grant

First try to edit one of the examples and see if that works.  For example try this one:

%users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now

Replace %users with the group for grant.

Jim
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Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

[Grant]

> > I've added the following to the bottom of my sudo file using 'visudo'
> > and there are no complaints of bad syntax, but grant still can't shut down the system:
> >
> > grant system4 = /sbin/shutdown -h now
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> >
> > - Grant
>
> First try to edit one of the examples and see if that works.  For example try this one:
>
> %users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now
>
> Replace %users with the group for grant.
>
> Jim

I actually tried that first and when that failed I tried something
like that specified here:

www.gentoo.org/doc/en/sudo-guide.xml

Either way I get:

grant@system4 ~ $ /sbin/shutdown -h now
shutdown: you must be root to do that!

- Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

[Manuel McLure]

Grant wrote:
> I actually tried that first and when that failed I tried something
> like that specified here:
> 
> www.gentoo.org/doc/en/sudo-guide.xml
> 
> Either way I get:
> 
> grant@system4 ~ $ /sbin/shutdown -h now
> shutdown: you must be root to do that!

Try

	sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now

instead.

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Re: [gentoo-user] sudo difficulties

[JimD]

On Wed, April 5, 2006 8:06 pm, Grant wrote:
>
> I actually tried that first and when that failed I tried something
> like that specified here:
>
> www.gentoo.org/doc/en/sudo-guide.xml
>
> Either way I get:
>
> grant@system4 ~ $ /sbin/shutdown -h now shutdown: you must be root to do that!
>
> - Grant

For sudo to work you need to run the command with sudo.

Try:

grant@system4 ~ $ sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now shutdown

Jim
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