Re: /sys/power/state question with sudoers!

From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu(at)gmail.com>
Date: Sat Aug 18 2007 - 19:00:16 EDT

On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 03:35:05PM -0500, Gnu_Raiz wrote:
> cat sudo_file
> # /etc/sudoers
> #
> # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
> #
> # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
> #Defaults env_reset
>
> # Host alias specification
>
> # User alias specification
>
> # Cmnd alias specification
>
> # User privilege specification
>
> root ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> xxxx xxxx=NOPASSWD: /bin/echo, /sbin/*, /sys/power/state

		^^^^                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I assume this is your hostname.                   |
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As I understand it, sudo provides access to commands, not files.  

> Here is the script I am trying to setup.
> #!/bin/bash
>
> #This is a shell script for hibernation.
>
> sudo echo disk >/sys/power/state

           ^^^^
It should work like this, but maybe you should try replacing it with '/usr/bin/echo'

HTH,
Andrei

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Received on Sat Aug 18 19:01:04 2007