[solved]Sudo asking for password when it shouldn't through a sh script

Question

Bottom of my sudoers file looks like this:
user username = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/g15daemon
user username = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/g15stats
Shell script looks like that:
#!/bin/sh
sudo /usr/bin/g15daemon -k &
sleep 2 && sudo /usr/bin/g15daemon &
sleep 5 && sudo /usr/bin/g15stats
If I run these commands from the terminal they work as intended (no password) but when I execute that shell script it asks for a password.
Last edited by rabcor (2014-05-01 14:32:00)

Answer 1

teateawhy wrote:1. The reason it asks for a password is the first command in the script. The complete command including arguments must be specified in /etc/sudoers. If you want to allow "/usr/bin/g15daemon -k" to be run from  sudo, write this string after NOPASSWD.
I've seen this claim before on these forums, but that's not true:
man sudoers wrote:A simple file name allows the user to run the command with any arguments he/she wishes.
The reason it doesn't work is the "user username" part. You probably have an actual username there that you don't want to share with us, but then what exactly is the difference between "user" and "username"? The second element should be a host list:
man sudoers wrote:The basic structure of a user specification is “who where = (as_whom) what”.
To keep it simple you can use ALL for both "where" and "as_whom".