Re: [gentoo-user] Allow non root users to edit files owned by root?

[Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm guessing this is a sudo question, but I'm unfamiliar with the nuances of
> sudo (never had to use it before).
>
> I have a new hosted VM server that I want to allow a user to be able to edit
> files owned by root, but without giving them the root password.
>
> I already did:
>
> /usr/sbin/visudo
>
> and added the following line:
>
> %sudoroot       ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> and made sure the user is in this group, but they still get an access denied
> error when trying to mv or cp files that are owned bu root.
>
> What is the best way to do this? I'd really prefer to not give them the root
> password so they can su -...

The sudo command allows commands to be executed *as though they were root*.

'sudo su -' would work. So would 'sudo mv src dst'.

So, incidentally, would 'sudo passwd root'...

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