Understanding sudo configuration syntax

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Sudo configuration syntax

Lines in sudo configuration use following format:

<username> or %<group> <machine> = [(<user>)] [NOPASSWD] :<command1> [, <command2> ...]

Note that group is indicated using %sign.

For example:

saurabh barjatiya = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/wireshark, /usr/sbin/tcpdump

will allow user 'saurabh' to run '/usr/sbin/wireshark' and '/usr/sbin/tcpdump' commands on machine 'barjatiya' without supplying password as root user.

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