Can't get sudoer to work right

[rize]

I'm running SuseLinux10 (mostly like OpenSuse I think)

I have a script from which I need to call another script where the second script runs as a more privileged user (though not root) than the original user. The line is the script is:

/bin/su - priv_user -c "${classbin}/pcnew ${1} ${LOGNAME}"

Classbin could be absolute, but the args really need to remain variable.

Is this possible to set this up in the sudoer file so that the unprivileged user doesn't have to enter the password of the privileged user? I attempted it as best I understood the sudoer file, but it didn't work (still asks for a password in other words). Here's the important lines from my sudoer file:

Cmnd_Alias PC1240 = /bin/su - priv_user -c "${classbin}/pcnew ${1} ${LOGNAME}"

%1240 ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: PC1240

Thanks.

[tiersen]

echo 'loginname ALL=(ALL) ALL' >> /etc/sudoers

where loginname is your user account. If you don't want to be prompted a password use 'ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL'

[rize]

wouldn't that let them run any program in the universe? I want to limit them to a particular program (a shell script actually)

[tiersen]

You're right. Sorry, I misunderstood