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tech_soul8
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First sorry if i posted in wrong section
So, I want to add user to sudoers file to give him permission to del users (to use "userdel command".
I started bash and execute visudo. On the end of file I add new line so it looks like this
"user name" ALL = /usr/sbin/userdel
save the file and quit.
When I try to execute command as users specified in sudoers file I get error message "userdel: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later" and I must use "sudo" to del user.
Where I made mistake?
Thanks for help
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Your setup should work... you will always have to write "sudo" followed by users password before the "userdel" command0
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So it doesn't matter if I add user to sudoers file,I'll always have to preface command with sudo?0
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That's correct.0
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During the Ubuntu desktop installation the installer asks you for an username and pass, since desktop installations have mostly one active user this user will become also the system admin (server installation or some other distribution may ask for the root password). This user will be added to the admin group:
# grep "^admin" /etc/group admin:x:115:pavol
and in the sudoers file is an entry that any user in admin group can run any command on any host as any user:# grep "admin" /etc/sudoers # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
So if you are in this group you don't have to add a new entry for your user and userdel command.
However if you create a new user, he/she won't be by default in the admin group and won't be able to run the userdel command without a proper entry in the sudoers file# adduser tester # adduser to_be_deleted # su - tester $ /usr/sbin/userdel to_be_deleted userdel: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. $ sudo /usr/sbin/userdel to_be_deleted tester is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
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