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How can I grant a user access to run /etc/init.d/apache2 reload without giving them sudo or root?

  • Another basic Ubuntu (10.4) question: I'm using automated deployment scripts to roll out changes to my site (written using Fabric, running over SSH with public key authentication). At the moment the end of each script does a "sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload" and I often have to enter my password. How can I grant the user account used by my deployment scripts permission to run that one command using sudo without letting the account do anything else?

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    Use NOPASSWD tag and allow execution of only single command (including reload parameter) necessary. Read sudo manual carefully: http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/sudoers.man.html and you'll discover many possibilities. I'd recommend you to get acquainted with ServerFault as it has complete answer to your exact question: http://serverfault.com/questions/69847/linux-how-to-give-a-user-permission-to-restart-apache/69854#69854

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add your command in /etc/sudoers file. Add following line in your /etc/sudoers file to give the permission, save and exit from it. userName ALL=/etc/init.d/apache2 reload where username is for which user you want to give the permission. Now login with given userName and run the command with sudo. http://viewsby.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/allow-normal-user-to-run-some-commands-as-root-linux/

Sandeep Reddy

Apache should be reloaded when you change its configuration, or when it eats too much RAM (and there are automatic systems to do this). Why you should reload it when you deploy websites?

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