HI Scott

Thanks again for your time.


> > > Add this line to it (I usually add these lines at the end, for 
if 
> > there
> > > are two conflicting sets of permissions, sudo uses the last one)
> > > 
> > > I am assuming that all users belong to the users group, which is
> > > standard on most installations.  (Though not all)
> > > 
> > > %users ALL= NOPASSWD:  /usr/sbin/net_monitor 
> > 
> > 
> > I changed the sudoers file as you suggested but still I get the 
prompt 
> > for the password. 
.../...
> 
> Are the users defintely in the users group?  That is, if you have 
user
> john and do
> 
> grep john /etc/group 
> 
> Do you get something back like 
> 
> users:*5:bob,mary,john

No, I get: 

users:x:100:

and my user has the following line: 

elias:x:501: 

So, something is clearly wrong here.

I can edit the "users" line to something like: 

users:*5:elias

but I dont know what number to give it - 501 or does it have to be an 
unique one.

TIA

eliroven
user # 342418
counter.li.org






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