Allowing an user to execute just something

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Published on 2010-05-08T15:24:57Z Indexed on 2010/05/08 15:29 UTC
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Hello, which is the best way to allow a new user that I just created on ubuntu linux 9.04 to execute a script that requires some sudo without allowing him to the sudoers?

The fact is that I want to give the user just the ability to execute that script, without letting him to do anything more.

Is there a simple way to do it?

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