Need help setting up sudoers!

Well, I've been tasked with setting up sudoers accounts and I'm not sure what they are (I know about su and suid) but what are sudoers? How do I set them up?

Not sure, maybe this helps? http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man5/sudoers.5.html

[Jordan]

tcm9669 links is a great resource.

The sudoers list is in /etc/
Here is a sample:

#
# Sample /etc/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.
#

##
# User alias specification
##
User_Alias FULLTIMERS = millert, mikef, dowdy
User_Alias PARTTIMERS = bostley, jwfox, crawl
User_Alias WEBMASTERS = will, wendy, wim

##
# Runas alias specification
##
Runas_Alias OP = root, operator
Runas_Alias DB = oracle, sybase

##
# Host alias specification
##
Host_Alias SPARC = bigtime, eclipse, moet, anchor:\
SGI = grolsch, dandelion, black:\
ALPHA = widget, thalamus, foobar:\
HPPA = boa, nag, python
Host_Alias CUNETS = 128.138.0.0/255.255.0.0
Host_Alias CSNETS = 128.138.243.0, 128.138.204.0/24, 128.138.242.0
Host_Alias SERVERS = master, mail, www, ns
Host_Alias CDROM = orion, perseus, hercules

##
# Cmnd alias specification
##
Cmnd_Alias DUMPS = /usr/sbin/dump, /usr/sbin/rdump, /usr/sbin/restore, \
/usr/sbin/rrestore, /usr/bin/mt
Cmnd_Alias KILL = /usr/bin/kill
Cmnd_Alias PRINTING = /usr/sbin/lpc, /usr/bin/lprm
Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /usr/sbin/shutdown
Cmnd_Alias HALT = /usr/sbin/halt, /usr/sbin/fasthalt
Cmnd_Alias REBOOT = /usr/sbin/reboot, /usr/sbin/fastboot
Cmnd_Alias SHELLS = /usr/bin/sh, /usr/bin/csh, /usr/bin/ksh, \
/usr/local/bin/tcsh, /usr/bin/rsh, \
/usr/local/bin/zsh
Cmnd_Alias SU = /usr/bin/su
Cmnd_Alias VIPW = /usr/sbin/vipw, /usr/bin/passwd, /usr/bin/chsh, \
/usr/bin/chfn

##
# Override built-in defaults
##
Defaults syslog=auth
Defaults:FULLTIMERS !lecture
Defaults:millert !authenticate
Defaults@SERVERS log_year, logfile=/var/log/sudo.log

##
# User specification
##

# root and users in group wheel can run anything on any machine as any user
root ALL = (ALL) ALL
%wheel ALL = (ALL) ALL

# full time sysadmins can run anything on any machine without a password
FULLTIMERS ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

# part time sysadmins may run anything but need a password
PARTTIMERS ALL = ALL

# jack may run anything on machines in CSNETS
jack CSNETS = ALL

# lisa may run any command on any host in CUNETS (a class B network)
lisa CUNETS = ALL

# operator may run maintenance commands and anything in /usr/oper/bin/
operator ALL = DUMPS, KILL, PRINTING, SHUTDOWN, HALT, REBOOT,\
/usr/oper/bin/

# joe may su only to operator
joe ALL = /usr/bin/su operator

# pete may change passwords for anyone but root on the hp snakes
pete HPPA = /usr/bin/passwd [A-z]*, !/usr/bin/passwd root

# bob may run anything on the sparc and sgi machines as any user
# listed in the Runas_Alias "OP" (ie: root and operator)
bob SPARC = (OP) ALL : SGI = (OP) ALL

# jim may run anything on machines in the biglab netgroup
jim +biglab = ALL

# users in the secretaries netgroup need to help manage the printers
# as well as add and remove users
+secretaries ALL = PRINTING, /usr/bin/adduser, /usr/bin/rmuser

# fred can run commands as oracle or sybase without a password
fred ALL = (DB) NOPASSWD: ALL

# on the alphas, john may su to anyone but root and flags are not allowed
john ALPHA = /usr/bin/su [!-]*, !/usr/bin/su *root*

# jen can run anything on all machines except the ones
# in the "SERVERS" Host_Alias
jen ALL, !SERVERS = ALL

# jill can run any commands in the directory /usr/bin/, except for
# those in the SU and SHELLS aliases.
jill SERVERS = /usr/bin/, !SU, !SHELLS

# steve can run any command in the directory /usr/local/op_commands/
# as user operator.
steve CSNETS = (operator) /usr/local/op_commands/

# matt needs to be able to kill things on his workstation when
# they get hung.
matt valkyrie = KILL

# users in the WEBMASTERS User_Alias (will, wendy, and wim)
# may run any command as user www (which owns the web pages)
# or simply su to www.
WEBMASTERS www = (www) ALL, (root) /usr/bin/su www

# anyone can mount/unmount a cd-rom on the machines in the CDROM alias
ALL CDROM = NOPASSWD: /sbin/umount /CDROM,\
/sbin/mount -o nosuid\,nodev /dev/cd0a /CDROM