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I have been trying to run a simple command using sudo, but everytime i run the command i am getting a password prompt. I am root user of that system. Here is the command i am running to invoke sudo
sudo -E -u nonrootusername /opt/xyz/bin/run_cmd -stop
and here is my entry in sudoers file
%ynonrootuasername ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /opt/xyz/bin/run_cmd -stop
Is invoking sudo -u the root cause of my troubles?
I think you have a syntax error :
% Is used for groups, you have wrote %ynonrootusername so you should be part of ynonrootusername group.
Also if you want to allow only nonrootusername just put :
nonrootuasername ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /opt/xyz/bin/run_cmd -stop
Maybe you have mispelled %y characters &ynonrootusername
%ynonrootuasernamedefines rights for groups, not for users.