Sudo: Running as a specific user
Sudo is usually used to allow a user to run commands as root, but what happens if you want a user to run a command as another user?
You can use the example below to configure your sudo rule.
Example:
[[email protected] ~]$ sudo -u sudoguy whoami
sudoguy
The rule from /etc/sudoers:
bcane ALL=(sudoguy) /usr/bin/whoami, NOPASSWD: ALL
Same thing but instead of bcane the users group:
%users ALL=(sudoguy) /usr/bin/whoami, NOPASSWD: ALL
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Benjamin Cane
Principal Engineer, Vice President
Principal Engineer focused on building cloud-native software solutions for financial platforms. Benjamin uses both his systems and software knowledge to build end-to-end platforms. Platforms purpose built for performance, and resiliency.