# Append 2 lines in visudo /etc/sudoers

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/append-2-lines-in-visudo-etc-sudoers/37702>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 27, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/append-2-lines-in-visudo-etc-sudoers/37702 "2023-02-27T19:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hamim\_Ismail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Hamim\_Ismail](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Hamim_Ismail)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/append-2-lines-in-visudo-etc-sudoers/37702/1 "2023-02-27T19:29:57Z")

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Append 2 lines in /etc/sudoers

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Hi I have 2 lines starting with User\_Alias

How do i make sure both lines get appended

at the moment only the last line is being appended using this playbook

tasks:

- name: add someuser to end of line

lineinfile:

dest: /etc/sudoers

state: present

regexp: ‘^(User\_Alias(.\*)$)’

backrefs: yes

backup: yes

line: ‘\1, someuser’

Output:

User\_Alias SAP\_ADMIN =user1, user2, user3, (see its blank here)

User\_Alias ORA\_ADMIN = user1, user2 ,user3, someuser

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**Author:** ![Nico\_Kadel-Garcia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/nico_kadel-garcia/32/9998_2.png) [@Nico\_Kadel-Garcia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nico_Kadel-Garcia)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/append-2-lines-in-visudo-etc-sudoers/37702/2 "2023-02-27T23:32:14Z")

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> Append 2 lines in /etc/sudoers
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> ![](https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png)
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> Hi I have 2 lines starting with User\_Alias
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> How do i make sure both lines get appended
> 
> at the moment only the last line is being appended using this playbook

You don’t. You put that content in as a separate, template based file in /etc/sudoers.d/whateveryoulike.conf, with ownership set to root and permissions set to 440.