Nut upsuser - Mar 2021 - Request For Additional Status Confirmation

Why use sudo instead of su for this case?

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> On Mar 7, 2021, at 11:01 AM, Roger Price <roger at rogerprice.org>
wrote:
> 
> ?On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, Jon Kinne via Nut-upsuser wrote:
> 
>> I don't understand. I edited the rc.local script to what you
indicated ( sudo -u nut ...) and now when the Pi reboots I don't get any
messages. I'm afraid I'm too much of a beginner to see what you mean.
> 
> When sudo doesn't do anything, then the problem is usually in the file
/etc/sudoers which says who has the authority to issue which commands.
> 
> See man sudoers.
> 
> The best approach is to use command visudo as root to modify this file.  If
you prefer to use emacs as your editor, use command
> 
> VISUAL=/usr/bin/emacs visudo -f /etc/sudoers
> 
> There is a detailed visudo tutorial at
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-edit-the-sudoers-file
> 
> Roger
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On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> Why use sudo instead of su for this case?
Wouldn't su ask for the login password?  This is not practical in rc.local.
In addition user nut doesn't have a login password.

Roger