[ale] Sudo use in script

[Gary MacKay]

Thanks! I searched 'man sudo' but didn't realize there was a 'man
sudoers'. I should be able to figure it out from here!!

Thanks again,
Gary

hirsch at zapmedia.com wrote:
> 
> Gary MacKay writes:
>  > I presume it goes against all security measures, but I'll ask anyway. I
>  > need a way for a script that runs as a user to be able to issue a "kill
>  > -HUP xxx' command. I've entered the user's name in the /etc/sudoers
>  > file, but that has a time limit thing. Is there any way to do this?
> 
> What do you mean by the "time limit thing"?  You can setup sudo to
> allow a user to run a particular command as a particular user without
> a password.
> 
> I have to admit that the /etc/sudoers file often confuses me, so I'm
> not going to give an example.  But in principle it is all documenter.
> Just "man sudoers".  Look for NOPASSWD.
> 
> --Michael
> 
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