Can't grant myself permissions to execute `rm` command as sudo
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I have a user account on my machine:
$ (whoami)
> foo_user
I've updated by /etc/sudoers file to grant myself permissions to use the rm command:
User_Alias OPERATORS = foo_user
Cmnd_Alias RM = /bin/rm
OPERATORS ALL = RM
OPERATORS ]ALL = (ALL) ALL
However, when I try to run rm on a directory, I get a permissions denied error:
rm: /root-directory: Permission denied
What am I doing wrong?
permissions sudo visudo
asked Mar 30 at 1:13
dopatramandopatraman
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I have a user account on my machine:
$ (whoami)
> foo_user
I've updated by /etc/sudoers file to grant myself permissions to use the rm command:
User_Alias OPERATORS = foo_user
Cmnd_Alias RM = /bin/rm
OPERATORS ALL = RM
OPERATORS ]ALL = (ALL) ALL
However, when I try to run rm on a directory, I get a permissions denied error:
rm: /root-directory: Permission denied
What am I doing wrong?
permissions sudo visudo
asked Mar 30 at 1:13
dopatramandopatraman
1114
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I have a user account on my machine:
$ (whoami)
> foo_user
I've updated by /etc/sudoers file to grant myself permissions to use the rm command:
User_Alias OPERATORS = foo_user
Cmnd_Alias RM = /bin/rm
OPERATORS ALL = RM
OPERATORS ]ALL = (ALL) ALL
However, when I try to run rm on a directory, I get a permissions denied error:
rm: /root-directory: Permission denied
What am I doing wrong?
permissions sudo visudo
asked Mar 30 at 1:13
dopatramandopatraman
1114
I have a user account on my machine:
$ (whoami)
> foo_user
I've updated by /etc/sudoers file to grant myself permissions to use the rm command:
User_Alias OPERATORS = foo_user
Cmnd_Alias RM = /bin/rm
OPERATORS ALL = RM
OPERATORS ]ALL = (ALL) ALL
However, when I try to run rm on a directory, I get a permissions denied error:
rm: /root-directory: Permission denied
What am I doing wrong?
permissions sudo visudo
permissions sudo visudo
asked Mar 30 at 1:13
dopatramandopatraman
1114
asked Mar 30 at 1:13
dopatramandopatraman
1114
asked Mar 30 at 1:13
dopatramandopatraman
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asked Mar 30 at 1:13
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asked Mar 30 at 1:13
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Putting your userid in the sudoers file allows you to preface your command with sudo (e.g. sudo rm /root-directory). It does not grant constant root-ness. One does NOT always want to be root.
Read man sudo
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Putting your userid in the sudoers file allows you to preface your command with sudo (e.g. sudo rm /root-directory). It does not grant constant root-ness. One does NOT always want to be root.
Read man sudo
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Putting your userid in the sudoers file allows you to preface your command with sudo (e.g. sudo rm /root-directory). It does not grant constant root-ness. One does NOT always want to be root.
Read man sudo
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Putting your userid in the sudoers file allows you to preface your command with sudo (e.g. sudo rm /root-directory). It does not grant constant root-ness. One does NOT always want to be root.
Read man sudo
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Putting your userid in the sudoers file allows you to preface your command with sudo (e.g. sudo rm /root-directory). It does not grant constant root-ness. One does NOT always want to be root.
Read man sudo
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