On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 9:49 PM ToddAndMargo via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On 10/29/23 05:19, Tim via users wrote:
> On Sun, 2023-10-29 at 04:04 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>> I am trying to get around the password issue so I
>> can just do a libnotify popup when I log into my
>> desktop
>
> I recall there's sudo configuration options for users and/or particular
> commands that don't require a password.
>
> "To run particular commands without sudo password in Linux, you can use
> the NOPASSWD directive in the /etc/sudoers file. This directive allows
> you to specify a list of commands that can be run without requiring a
> password."
>
> Of course there are risks involved, you'll have decide about that for
> yourself.
Seems like I am going to have to compromise on sudo
I believe you can avoid that if you want. Write a C program that calls
fork/exec. Call nvme in the fork. Set the setuid bit on the program.
You can't do it in a wrapper script because you can't setuid on scripts.
Jeff