Guest ody Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 I want to be able to make wireless tools like drakroam usuable by a user. This is so my girlfriend doesn't need to know my root password and also so I don't have to keep typing it all the time since i roam between access points a lot. So I am using Sudo that is included in Mandrake because I don't want to use UID 0 and there is no way to change the permissions from root only on these commands and folders. I have read up on it and think I know how to write the sudoers config file but I can't seem to get it to work. I am using visudo to edit the file and everytime I try to save I get this error. >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 4 <<< >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 17 <<< >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 24 <<< >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 37 <<< What now? I have looked over the document a million times and can't find my error. I have even force saved it with no luck. "this is line 0" ## # User alias specification ## User_Alias wifiuser = ody ## # Runas alias specification ## Runas_Alias OP = root ## # Host alias specification ## Host_Alias local = localhost ## # Cmnd alias specification ## Cmnd_Alias wifi = /usr/sbin/drakroam, /sbin/iwlist, /sbin/iwconfig, /sbin/ifconfig, /sbin/dhclient ## # Defaults specification ## ## # User privilege specification ## root ALL=(ALL) ALL wifiuser local=(OP) NOPASSWD: wifi "this is the end of my sudoers file." The stuff is quots are not actually part of my sudoers file. The only thing that doesn't have a syntax error is line 36, a line that was in the original sudoers file before I began customizing it. ody is the only account on my installation and it is shared among all people that use my laptop. My computer's name is just localhost I do believe. These errors occured with the version that is included with Mandrake 10.1 and they still occured when I upgraded the latest version as well with still no luck. I am also somewhat new to linux and this is the first time I have used sudo so what is wrong with my file. And if nothing is wrong then could I be missing something is the installation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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