Sudo without password in linux to run a single command

Suppose we needed to allow one user on the system to execute an application that requires sudo without entering a password. In order to do this you need to edit the /etc/sudoers file accordingly:

username ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /path/to/binary

The user will then be able to execute binary without entering a password as follows:

sudo /path/to/binary

A small hack so that you don’t have to enter sudo either. Docker fits the example very well. By default, all docker commands are to be ran under root. For a regular user on the system to be able to execute docker commands without having to enter sudo and password each time you must first edit /etc/sudoers with the following line:

username ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/docker

Nex update the .bashrc file in the user home folder with the following:

docker () {
	sudo docker "$@"
}

In order to apply the cnages in the active shell run the following under the user:

source ~/.bashrc

Additionally you can specify this globally in /etc/profile