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



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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