Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-29 Thread Ross Walker
On Oct 29, 2009, at 1:35 AM, vijay shanker vijay.s...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks guys, I have done my changes in the sudoers file. what i did is ; added a group with same access as root. how i am able to use sudo. but there is a problem. my machine is responding very slow for the sudo. It

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-29 Thread vijay shanker
No Ross, This is the irony; i am working on the same machine. There is no network in between Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884 On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Ross Walker rswwal...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 29, 2009, at 1:35 AM, vijay shanker vijay.s...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-29 Thread Frank . Brodbeck
vijay shanker vijay.s...@gmail.com schrieb am 29.10.2009 16:24:54: No Ross, This is the irony; i am working on the same machine. There is no network in between Install strace, then run sudo via strace and look which syscall is causing the hangs. As always the manpage is your friend. As a

[CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
Hi all, I am planning to edit sudoers files in /etc. when i open this wiht vim command and change some thing it said this file is read only Is this okay to change the status of sudoers files. or any implication? please point Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
Hi all; One thing more does there any tool in GNOME which can be used to edit sudoers file. :) Thanks.. Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884 On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:29 PM, vijay shanker vijay.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am planning to edit sudoers files in /etc. when i

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread Ivan Varbanov
Try with visudo On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:59 AM, vijay shanker vijay.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am planning to edit sudoers files in /etc. when i open this wiht vim command and change some thing it said this file is read only Is this okay to change the status of sudoers files. or

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
yes got it This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. above line is in comments of sudoers file. :) Thanks larry Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884 On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Larry Ivan Brower larry-li...@maxqe.comwrote: You should be using visudo for

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
Thanks Ivan; I am done with my desired changes :) Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884 On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Ivan Varbanov burnbrain.mailing.li...@gmail.com wrote: Try with visudo On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:59 AM, vijay shanker vijay.s...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all,

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread Robert Spangler
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 04:11, vijay shanker wrote: This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. NO, it MUST not be edited with 'visudo'. YES, you should use 'visudo'. You can edit sudoer with vi or vim and save the changes too. Just read what it tells you you need to do

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread Majian
Yeah! I agree you !! You also can edit it and quit with :wq! in the Vi command ~~ On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Robert Spangler mli...@zoominternet.netwrote: On Wednesday 28 October 2009 04:11, vijay shanker wrote: This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. NO, it

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
Thanks guys, I have done my changes in the sudoers file. what i did is ; added a group with same access as root. how i am able to use sudo. but there is a problem. my machine is responding very slow for the sudo. It takes almost 3 minutes to open a small file with command sudo vim