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You need to grant a user named "john" permission to run a specific command as root without a password prompt. Which entry should you add to the sudoers file?1.0 Marksjohn ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /path/to/commandjohn ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /path/to/command john ALL=/path/to/command NOPASSWD:john (ALL) NOPASSWD: /path/to/commandjohn ALL=(ALL) /path/to/command NOPASSWDClear Answer

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You need to grant a user named "john" permission to run a specific command as root without a password prompt. Which entry should you add to the sudoers file?1.0 Marksjohn ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /path/to/commandjohn ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /path/to/command john ALL=/path/to/command NOPASSWD:john (ALL) NOPASSWD: /path/to/commandjohn ALL=(ALL) /path/to/command NOPASSWDClear Answer

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The correct entry to add to the sudoers file would be:

john ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /path/to/command

This entry means that the user "john" is allowed to run the command at "/path/to/command" as any user (including root) on any host without being prompted for a password.

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