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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Addsudoers: A script to add users or groups into /etc/sudoers Post 302531946 by admin_xor on Saturday 18th of June 2011 08:06:59 PM
Old 06-18-2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Why edit groups into sudoers instead of adding users to groups? Let the login system do the legwork.
Uhhh...Well, we do not edit "groups" into sudoers. What we do is that we create an alias which is in turn a simple variable that holds a list of users. Thus, gives you extra flexibility on grouping your users depending on how they are going to use the system.

You can create a separate group of user, then assign that group in sudoers file with the commands and other stuffs. Or, you can create a User_Alias and add the users in that alias. It's upto you and your organization's policy. Both are possible.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Smilie
 

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listusers(1)						      General Commands Manual						      listusers(1)

NAME
listusers - display user login data SYNOPSIS
groups] logins] DESCRIPTION
The command displays data concerning user logins. The output shows the user login and the comment field value (for example, user name, location). The default displays data about all user logins. Options The command supports the following options: Display only users who have groups, as their primary group. Use with the option. Display only users who have groups, as their supplementary group. Use with the option. Display all users belonging to groups, sorted by login. A comma separated list specifies multiple groups. Display the requested logins. A comma separated list specifies multiple logins. Display only users belonging to the specified repository, either for NIS or users. A user login has a UID of 100 or greater. When the and options are combined, a user login is only displayed once, even though the login may belong to multiple specified groups. EXAMPLES
List all user logins. List all user logins in the group and the users removing all duplicates. List all users who have as their primary group. List all users who have as their supplementary group. List only local user logins. List only NIS user logins. FILES
SEE ALSO
passwd(1), logins(1M), group(4), passwd(4). STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
listusers(1)
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