Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file

From	mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file
Date	2021-08-10 17:40 +0200
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On 2021-08-10 07:19, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> My copy (buster amd64) of lines 23-24 of /etc/sudoers looks like this:
> 
> 23 # Allow members of group sudo to execute any comm$
> 24 % sudo  ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
> 
> Is that '%' a comment char? The line numbers shown were provided by
> nano. I know, I know, please keep reading.

I assumed also, partly because I didn't have my glasses, that "%" was a 
comment and deleted that line in ssh config or something on synology 
NAS.
Then I twigged "%" was group, but that's how we learn.
mick

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percent char '%' in sudoers file Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2021-08-10 08:20 +0200
  Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-10 09:00 +0200
    Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-08-10 09:10 +0200
    Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file Keith Bainbridge <keithrboz@gmail.com> - 2021-08-10 09:30 +0200
  Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-08-10 09:20 +0200
    Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-10 13:20 +0200
      Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-08-10 13:20 +0200
      Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-10 13:20 +0200
      Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-08-10 15:50 +0200
  Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-08-10 10:50 +0200
  Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2021-08-10 11:30 +0200
    Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-08-10 12:00 +0200
    [OFFTOPIC] Editing a file (was: percent char '%' in sudoers file) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-08-10 16:30 +0200
      Re: [OFFTOPIC] Editing a file (was: percent char '%' in sudoers  file) Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> - 2021-08-10 19:00 +0200
        Re: [OFFTOPIC] Editing a file (was: percent char '%' in sudoers  file) Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2021-08-11 14:20 +0200
          Re: [OFFTOPIC] Editing a file (was: percent char '%' in sudoers file) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-11 14:30 +0200
  Re: percent char '%' in sudoers file mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2021-08-10 17:40 +0200

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