What do the "ALL"s in the line " %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL " in Ubuntu's /etc/sudoers file stand for?
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What does each ALL mean? I understand that the whole line indicates that the admin group members get admininstartive privileges, but would like to know more info about the position of the ALLS and if they each refer to a different set of permissions or something like that? If it matters: OS: Ubuntu…
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$sudo cat /etc/sudoers ... # User privilege Information root ALL=(ALL) ALL #... %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL # #includedir /etc/sudoers.d #Members of the adm…
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There is a manual page for sudoers(5). Basically: – the group named " " ( prefix) – on all hosts (if you distribute the same file to many computers) – as any target user – can run any command A more restricted example would be: In this case, the gro…
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