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You will often find a line like this in /etc/sudoers:

# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%wheel   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

This will allow any user that is in the "wheel" group to make use of sudo with suitable proof of identity (e.g: their password). The nominated group may also be "sudo", "admin", or others... (e.g: line starts with %sudo)

If this is present in the file, then run id to see what groups you're in:

$ id
uid=1000(attie) gid=1000(attie) groups=1000(attie),27(sudo),117(docker)

If your user isn't in the appropriate group, then you must add your user to that group.

An alternative would be to list both of your rules one-by-one, with the last matching rule taking effect (i.e: order is important):

username ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /home/username/script.sh

See the ArchWiki page on sudo: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/sudo#Example_entries

You will often find a line like this in /etc/sudoers:

# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%wheel   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

This will allow any user that is in the "wheel" group to make use of sudo with suitable proof of identity (e.g: their password). The nominated group may also be "sudo", "admin", or others... (e.g: line starts with %sudo)

If this is present in the file, then run id to see what groups you're in:

$ id
uid=1000(attie) gid=1000(attie) groups=1000(attie),27(sudo),117(docker)

If your user isn't in the appropriate group, then you must add your user to that group.

An alternative would be to list both of your rules one-by-one:

username ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /home/username/script.sh

See the ArchWiki page on sudo: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/sudo#Example_entries

You will often find a line like this in /etc/sudoers:

# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%wheel   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

This will allow any user that is in the "wheel" group to make use of sudo with suitable proof of identity (e.g: their password). The nominated group may also be "sudo", "admin", or others... (e.g: line starts with %sudo)

If this is present in the file, then run id to see what groups you're in:

$ id
uid=1000(attie) gid=1000(attie) groups=1000(attie),27(sudo),117(docker)

If your user isn't in the appropriate group, then you must add your user to that group.

An alternative would be to list both of your rules one-by-one, with the last matching rule taking effect (i.e: order is important):

username ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /home/username/script.sh

See the ArchWiki page on sudo: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/sudo#Example_entries

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Attie
Attie
  • 20.2k
  • 5
  • 60
  • 78

You will often find a line like this in /etc/sudoers:

# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%wheel   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

This will allow any user that is in the "wheel" group to make use of sudo with suitable proof of identity (e.g: their password). The nominated group may also be "sudo", "admin", or others... (e.g: line starts with %sudo)

If this is present in the file, then run id to see what groups you're in:

$ id
uid=1000(attie) gid=1000(attie) groups=1000(attie),27(sudo),117(docker)

If your user isn't in the appropriate group, then you must add your user to that group.

An alternative would be to list both of your rules one-by-one:

username ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /home/username/script.sh

See the ArchWiki page on sudo: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/sudo#Example_entries