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Iain,

This is a fantastic post. I've wanted a deeper understanding of /etc/sudoers for a while now. That this post is written in very understandable language was a tremendous benefit!

As for...

Thank you Purple! That gives me exactly what I needed. The user will be able to use the administrative programs they need without being able to reach a root shell!

Mucho kudos!
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I have a number of local user accounts. My personal account already has sudo. I want to allow another user to sudo (for mounting, updating and installing software, managing printers, etc.), but do...

I would like to grant a user the ability to sudo, but NOT let them reach a root shell (sudo su, sudo -, etc).

I've seen a little discussion online about this, but nothing I've seen seem to work...