On Mar 28, 1:24 pm, Hemant Shah <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Folks,
<SNIP>
the command does not run properly because certain environment variable are
not set, these variable are set when user logs in, so I tried to use "-i"
option to simulate login, but sudo asks for password when I use "-i"
option:
user1$ sudo -i -u user2 command
Password:
How do I setup sudo so that I can use "-i" and NOPASSWD together?
<SNIP>
Why not wrap "command" in a script that sets the correct environment
variables?
logon problem ... Now log out and try to login as admin ... that the sudo mc command doesn't work. ... Since I can su to my admin acct., it seems to me that it ... deleting .ICEauthority had always worked for me. ... (Ubuntu)
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