This article explains how to use SUDO without being prompted for the password. We can restrict which users and/or groups can do this.
As root, edit the file “/etc/sudoers”. Add the line:
agix ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
The above means that the user “agix” can use sudo without being prompted for a password. We can also specify which groups of users can use sudo without a password prompt.
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
The above means that any member of the “wheel” group (specified within “/etc/group”) can sudo without a password prompt. We can combine the two methods:
sam ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL sally ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
You can limit the commands the “wheel” group members can run by replacing the above “%wheel” line with the following:
%wheel ALL=NOPASSWD: WHEELLIMIT
And you need to specify what the “WHEELLIMIT” consists of. Put the following line near the top of the sudoers file where the other examples are for “Cmnd_Alias”:
Cmnd_Alias WHEELLIMIT = /bin/ls, /sbin/ifconfig, /usr/bin/vim, /usr/bin/vi, /sbin/service, /usr/bin/less, /bin/more
