Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [sudo-users] Config sudo for installation]]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
  

edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
    

Dear All,

How can we config sudores, then assign a user ( without root ) to running
the following : Install source code package, include the command of tar,
configure, make and make install.

Edward.
      

You would only need sudo for the make install command - you can do
the rest as a normal user. (At least for almost all packages...) I
have not tried it, but I suspect that if you created a group called
install, and put a rule something like this in /etc/sudoers:

%install	localhost=make install

You could also use something like thins if you do not want it to be
limited to users at the console:

%install	ALL=make install

If you do not want the user asked for his password when running the
command, you can add "NOPASSWD: ALL" at the end.

Mikkel
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I think it's not a good idea to use sudo to run 'make install'.
If you write a Makefile like this:

install:
	rm -rf /

then
	%install	localhost=/usr/bin/make install
is equal to
	%install	localhost=/bin/rm -rf /
in /etc/sudoers.