sudo not working

Vishza has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am new to perl and have been trying a test script to perform a simple task by connecting to the root user and executing a command. I have not been very successful in this. Please assist. I have below: the sudoers file as well as my code piece. the test.log has no data in it.

# User alias specification User_Alias ROOT_ALLOW_SU=<myuser>
# Cmnd alias specification
# Defaults specification
# Runas alias specification
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
ROOT_ALLOW_SU ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/suroot
# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Same thing without a password
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
# Samples
# %users ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
# %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now

I run the following in perl and my file is not populated: system('sudo suroot -i /usr/bin/df -k > test.log');

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Re: sudo not working by ww (Archbishop) on Dec 24, 2014 at 15:22 UTC
Is the code you've shown you whole program? If so, why bother Perl with system requests? Is the unformatted list beginning "#User alias...." supposed to be the content of your "sudoers" file as implied by the narrative and, if so, why isn't it formatted in code tags as explicitly mentioned in the markup directions at the text box you used to create your question? Why does this look like an attempt to upgrade unauthorized users/processes to perform (malicious?) actions with `root`'s credentials? (It sure as hell doesn't look like a reasonable exercise for a Perl noob!) Spirit of the Monastery	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: sudo not working by Vishza (Initiate) on Jan 06, 2015 at 21:33 UTC
Thanks, for the replies and pointing me in the direction of the issue. I am not trying to do any malicious work here but rather trying to perform health checks on a system for 2 different users, I was trying to avoid asking the user for both passwords. Thanks I have found another way of doing it.	[reply]
Re: sudo not working by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2014 at 13:55 UTC
Not a Perl question. Your sudoers file is wrong and your shell command is wrong too. Read `man sudo` and `man sudoers`. And what is `suroot`? Maybe it's just me but I never heard of it.	[reply] [d/l] [select]