How to sudo another user without password

Question

Parts of the configuration in my /etc/sudousers

#includedir /etc/sudoers.d web ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL somebody ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL 

I have two non-super users granted with sudo-without passsword. Each of them can become the root without password, but I try this:

web@web01:~$ sudo -u somebody sudo echo "success" [sudo] password for web: 

let user web to become somebody and execute another sudo command, the system ask me for password. How do I configure sudouser to disalbe the password-asked ?

Answer 1

Append the following entry to the end of your sudoers file.

somebody ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL 

Answer 2

Use something along these lines:

web@web01:~$ sudo su - somebody Last login: Wed Mar 1 01:22:27 CST 2017 on pts/1 somebody@web01:~$ sudo whoami root somebody@web01:~$ exit web@web01:~$ #success