07-23-2010
Setup SUDO For a User on Linux Server
Hello! Can anyone please assist:
Question:
On Linux Server I have created two users John and Matt. I want to give both the users the ability to run 'more' and 'tail -f' commands on the log file in the directory /var/log/test.log. I do not want to give them SU rights.
Can any one please assit how to setup sudoers
Thanks in advance.
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