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04-10-2017

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One user to su to another without allowing root access and password

Hello Gurus,
I want One user to su to another without allowing root access and password.
I want to run a specific command as below from user am663:
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Code:

sudo -u appsprj4 /home/appsrj4/scripts/start_apache.sh

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But everytime I am facing the below error

Code:

[sudo] password for am663:
sudo: /home/appsrj4/scripts/stop_oacore.sh: command not found

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Below is the entry from /etc/sudoers file:
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Code:

am663   ALL=(appsprj4)          NOPASSWD: /home/appsprj4/scripts/start_apache.sh
am663   ALL=(appsprj4)          NOPASSWD: /home/appsprj4/scripts/stop_apache.sh
am663   ALL=(appsprj4)          NOPASSWD: /home/appsprj4/scripts/start_oacore.sh
am663   ALL=(appsprj4)          NOPASSWD: /home/appsprj4/scripts/stop_oacore.sh
am663   ALL=(appsprj4)          NOPASSWD: /u03/oracle/EBSDEV/fs1/inst/apps/EBSDEV_emaprjebs01/admin/scripts/adapcctl.sh
am663   ALL=(appsprj4)          NOPASSWD: /u03/oracle/EBSDEV/fs1/inst/apps/EBSDEV_emaprjebs01/admin/scripts/admanagedsrvctl.sh

Please advice on this.

Thanks-
Pokhraj

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dsenableroot(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   dsenableroot(8)

NAME

     dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.

SYNOPSIS

     dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]

DESCRIPTION

     dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account.  Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
     account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.

     A list of flags and their descriptions:

     -u username
	      Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.

     -p password
	      Password to use in conjunction with the specified username.  If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.

     -r rootPassword
	      Password to be used for the root account.  If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.

EXAMPLES

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	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
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     -dsenableroot -d
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     -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
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     -dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
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