Sudo. How to give permissions to restart daemon?

[urello]

I want to give a particular user the permission to restart /usr/local/sbin/rinetd daemon.
I know two possibilities to restart this daemon

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/rinetd restart

or

kill -1 `cat /var/run/rinetd.pid`

The following way is not supported by /usr/local/sbin/rinetd

/usr/local/sbin/rinetd restart

How to give the permission to user without giving access to whole /bin/kill command?

 

[SirDice]

Besides running the scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d there's also the service(8) command. It's easier to remember. To allow a user to restart it you'll need a line like this:

dice ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: service rinetd restart

You don't have to allow a single command, it can be a complete command including parameters.

 

[mrjayviper]

Where do I put that @SirDice? Thanks.

 

[urello]

Besides running the scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d there's also the service(8) command. It's easier to remember. To allow a user to restart it you'll need a line like this:

dice ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: service rinetd restart

You don't have to allow a single command, it can be a complete command including parameters.

Thanks. It did the trick.

Where do I put that SirDice? Thanks

In /usr/local/etc/sudoers.

 

[SirDice]

Where do I put that SirDice? Thanks

In /usr/local/etc/sudoers

Don't edit that file directly, use visudo(8) to edit it. This will prevent any issues with locking and/or multiple users trying to modify the file.

 

[mrjayviper]

Thanks @urello/@SirDice.