Hello list,You can edit /etc/sudo and make some entries in there for the users and specify which commands you want them to be able to run without authentication. You can't edit /etc/sudo directly with vi though, you have to do it with this command visudo. Here's a sample of what it would look like for you.I'd like some of the user accounts to su "mysql" without input any
password. Is it possible? How?--
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# sudoers file.
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#
# Host alias specification
# User alias specification
# Cmnd alias specification
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
[user] [hostname] = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/foo
<--- this line sets up the user on the machine and
Defaults:[user]!authenticate <--
the command to run, without a passwd.
\-- this one tells sudo not to authenticate.
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If you want to add more commands to that user, then just seperate each one with a comma. Like so: /usr/bin/foo, /usr/bin/foobar. The cool thing about visudo is that if you screw it up and make a bad entry it warns you.
Good luck.
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