can't figure out a problem with sudo

[Lowell Gilbert]

"KURT BUFF" <kurtbuff at spro.net> writes:

> I'm starting to lose some hair, running a command through sudo. Other
> commands work just fine through sudo, just one of them doesn't work.
> 
> The command is this:
> 
> sudo cp /home/filter/pfm/relay_recipients /usr/local/etc/postfix.
> 
> It fails with the following error message:
> 
> Sorry, user filter is not allowed to execute '/bin/cp
> /home/filter/pfm/relay_recipients /usr/local/etc/postfix' as root on
> mail2.

Looks correct.  I don't see anything that allows this command.  What
is COPYRELAY supposed to do?

> The command that comes after that:
> 
> sudo /usr/local/sbin/postmap /usr/local/etc/postfix/relay_recipients

Which is covered by MAP, so it makes sense that should work.

> works just fine.
> 
> I've included the directory listing below, and the sudoers file.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kurt
> 
> ----------snip here----------
> mail2% ls -al /usr/local/etc/postfix
> total 298
> drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel   2048 Dec 17 17:46 .
> drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel    512 Dec 17 18:05 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  11942 Jun 27 15:38 LICENSE
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   8652 Jun 27 15:38 access
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    245 Jun 28 20:18 aliases
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  65536 Jun 28 20:46 aliases.db
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   7559 Jun 27 15:38 canonical
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1152 Dec 17 17:46 main.cf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   9176 Jun 27 15:38 main.cf.default
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   9176 Nov 25 17:07 main.cf.original
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   2001 Dec  8 15:11 master.2003-12-08
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   2001 Dec  8 16:05 master.cf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   5859 Jun 27 15:41 master.cf.original
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   6035 Jun 27 15:43 master.cf.updated
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   7676 Jun 27 15:38 pcre_table
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  18866 Jun 27 15:38 post-install
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   8643 Jun 27 15:38 postfix-files
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   5424 Jun 27 15:38 postfix-script
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   4901 Jun 27 15:38 regexp_table
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      0 Dec 17 17:46 relay_recipients
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  65536 Dec 17 17:54 relay_recipients.db
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   5070 Jun 27 15:38 relocated
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel   1536 Dec 15 16:47 samples
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    499 Jun 27 15:44 transport
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  65536 Jun 28 14:07 transport.db
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   9131 Jun 27 15:43 transport.original
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   9682 Jun 27 15:38 virtual
> ----------snip here----------
> 
> 
> 
> ----------snip here----------
> # sudoers file.
> #
> # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
> #
> # See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
> #
> 
> # Host alias specification
> 
> # User alias specification
> User_Alias   FILTER = filter
> 
> # Cmnd alias specification
> Cmnd_Alias   RELOAD = /usr/local/sbin/postfix reload
> Cmnd_Alias   MAP = /usr/local/sbin/postmap /usr/local/etc/postfix/relay_recipients
> Cmnd_Alias   RECIPS = /usr/local/etc/postfix/relay_recipients
> Cmnd_Alias   DB = /usr/local/etc/etc/postfix/relay_recipients.db
> Cmnd_Alias   COPYRELAY = /bin/cp /usr/local/etc/postfix
> Cmnd_Alias   RMRELAY = /bin/rm /usr/local/etc/postfix
> 
> # Defaults specification
> Defaults          syslog=auth
> Defaults:filter   !authenticate
> 
> # User privilege specification
> root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> FILTER  ALL=RELOAD, MAP, RECIPS, DB, COPYRELAY, RMRELAY
> 
> # Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
> # %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       ALL
> 
> # Same thing without a password
> # %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
> 
> # Samples
> # %users  ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
> # %users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now
> ----------snip here----------
> 

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