Can I use visudo to allow access to a file?

[mrcoulson]

I understand I can use visudo to allow a user to perform a command without password.

myuser ALL=NOPASSWD:/come/command

I want to do the same thing with a file. I have an AppleScript that is supposed to copy some files and I want it to happen without asking for a password. Can I use visudo like this?

I know it's not a totally UBUNTU question, but I'm pretty sure that you guys know the answer anyway!

Jeremy

[mrcoulson]

I've given my user the ability to use cp without a password. Can I limit that to just one directory?

Jeremy

[sisco311]

Why don't you change the permissions of the destination folder?

Or you could write a little script:

#!/bin/sh
cp $1 /path/to/dest


usege: scriptname filename
and add it to the sudoers file:
myuser ALL=NOPASSWD: /path/to/script
NOTE: make sure that the script is owned by root:root and it's not writable by others.

or try something like:
myuser ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/cp * /path/to/dest

HowTO: Sudoers Configuration (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1132821)