From: Bill Marcum on
On 2010-05-05, laredotornado <laredotornado(a)zipmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I"m using Mac 10.6.3. I have added this entry to my /etc/sudoers
> file ...
>
> davea ALL = NOPASSWD:APACHECTL
>
> and (when logged in as "davea"), I have this entry in my
> ~/.bash_profile file ...
>
> alias restart='sh ~/Tomcat/bin/restart.sh; sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl
> restart'
>
> However when I run the "restart" command, I'm prompted for a password.
> Where am I going astray? I thought adding myself to the /etc/sudoers
> file would prevent password prompting.
>
> Thanks, - Dave

APACHECTL needs to be defined as an alias, or change the user entry to
davea ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apachectl