Prerequisites for using Linux sudo credentials

Provide one of the following:

• Username and password

• Username and SSH key file path (in PEM format)

Give the sudo users write access to the /var/tmp directory.

For sudo users, add the user to the /etc/sudoers file. The following shows the privileges and specifications for users.

• User: <Sudo_user> (the actual name of the user account)

  Privilege: ALL

  Specification: ALL

Edit the entry in the /etc/sudoers file so the system asks for the sudo user password instead of root user password when you run the sudo command.

The following shows the privileges to comment or remove from /etc/sudoers.

• User: ALL

  Privilege: ALL

  Specification: ALL

When using SSH keys for login credentials combined with sudo, edit the entry in the /etc/sudoers file so that the system does not ask for the user password as follows:

• User: sudo_user

  Privilege: ALL

  Specification: NOPASSWD:ALL