[ale] Sudo use in script

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

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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