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I really tried to find a solution before posting here, however I couldn't find any.

I tried to allow a specific user to run apt update and apt upgrade for a without entering his password, so I did a sudo visudo and edited the line for this user:

user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt update /usr/bin/apt upgrade

sudo -l gives me the following output:

User user may run the following commands on machine:
    (ALL : ALL) ALL
    (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt update /usr/bin/apt upgrade

What am I missing? Just allow ALL is no option. The order should be fine. Any help much appreciated.

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    you might use username ALL = NOPASSWD : /usr/bin/apt-get , /usr/bin/aptitude the update/upgrade & so on parameters is on the command line sudo aptitude update for example ; not in the sudoers file.
    – francois P
    Jul 4, 2021 at 11:30
  • @ShahFahad quoting them does not work. throwing syntax errors.
    – moTHO.
    Jul 4, 2021 at 11:35
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    Did you try putting a comma between the commands in the sudoers file? I can't see how sudo would otherwise be able to determine that the list of words are two separate commands with arguments.
    – Kusalananda ♦
    Jul 4, 2021 at 11:54
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    @MarcusMüller thats why I just wanted update & upgrade :)
    – moTHO.
    Jul 4, 2021 at 12:25
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    @MarcusMüller I think sudo would ask for a password if any other arguments are given
    – rowboat
    Jul 4, 2021 at 15:08

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The separate commands needs to be separated by a comma in the sudoers file, e.g.

user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt update , /usr/bin/apt upgrade
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