a) double-check for typos b) if you give it your password, does it then work?
c) visudo is just a safety wrapper for multi-user boxes, look at /etc/sudoers and make sure it's being modified On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 00:52, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > Hello > > Many thanks. I did as you have suggested but everytime I issue the command > sudo /usr/sbin/adsl-start, a password is requested. > > Thanks > > Eduardo > > > > On Sunday 05 October 2003 08:28 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > > Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > I can only adsl-start by logging as root. How can I make adsl-start > > > available for all users? I tried sudousers but no avail (It is more than > > > likely that I did something wrong but I don't know what). > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Ed > > > > As root in a terminal, call visudo. This is the vi editor operating on > > /etc/sudoers. Press 'I' to insert some text and, since I have done this > > for me, and not wanting to give a password when I call adsl-start, you > > might want to insert something like the following if you want that: > > > > rolf ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/adsl-start, /usr/sbin/adsl-stop, > > /usr/bin/rdate > > > > and so forth. I put it right under root's line. To save, press > > 'Escape' and type :wq The command to execute is sudo > > /usr/sbin/adsl-start, for example. I create an icon on the desktop with > > that as the command to execute. > > > > Rolf > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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