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I added three lines to my sudo configuration, using visudo.

User_Alias INSTALLERS = myusername

Cmnd_Alias INSTALL_CMDS = /bin/yum, /bin/make

INSTALLERS ALL = (root) NOPASSWD:NOEXEC: INSTALL_CMDS

After saving, if I run

sudo yum update

with myusername account, there are two problems:

1) I'm asked for my password

2) When I enter my password, I'm told "Sorry, user myusername is not allowed to execute '/usr/bin/yum update' as root"

Any idea why?

Thanks for your help.

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    The command has to match exactly /bin/yum != /usr/bin/yum/ – NickW May 15 '13 at 10:53
  • You're right. I though I had checked the path but I was wrong. Thanks!! – Benjamin Le Forestier May 15 '13 at 10:55
  • I always use which before adding a command to sudoers, lord knows I'm not immune to errors of that sort :) – NickW May 15 '13 at 10:56
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Make sure the command you are authorizing in the sudoers file has the exact same path as found on the system. I often use which to double check before adding it to the file, just to be sure.

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  • You're right. My mistake was that I indeed used which but I didn't realized I ran which on my local system, while I was using visudo on the remote server. The path for yum on fedora is /bin/yum while it's /usr/bin/yum on Centos. Thanks! – Benjamin Le Forestier May 15 '13 at 11:02

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