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Hi,

When i use command "sudo -l" under my user, it gives me the following list.

(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chgrp
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chmod
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chown
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/mkdir
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/su - hubsup
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/su hubsup
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/vi *.conf
(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/vi *.xml
(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/find
(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/passwd

(hubsup) NOPASSWD: ALL

Actually I am a bit confused for "/bin/su" command access.

For the lines with "/bin/su" , what does this mean exactly ? Does this mean that, I can do "\sudo su - hubsup" OR "\sudo su -l - hubsup" i.e. switching to hubsup user , which won't ask me for any password.

Actually, I tried with "\sudo su - hubsup" OR "\sudo su -l - hubsup" , from my user account, but, I was not able to switch to "hubsup" user.

with command, "\sudo /bin/su - hubsup" , i am getting blank output on the screen. Pressing enter key, is showing "WinSCP: this is end-of-file:0
" again and again. Then, I need to press ctrl+C to come out of the execution.

Can you please help me, in understanding, what is the meaning of "(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/su - hubsup" and how I can make use of "su" command, from my user-account here. (to switch to "hubsup" user)

Please help.

Thanks and Regards,

Jitendriya Dash.

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I would say IMHO it makes no sence... and looks like you are using aliases...
I see you have a line:

Code:

(hubsup) NOPASSWD: ALL

meaning you can execute what you want "as" hubsub...
Have you tried:

Code:

/usr/local/bin/sudo -u hubsup /usr/bin/ksh

(sudo may be elsewhere on your box...)