How can I allow to run sudoedit built-in command recursively to edit files under specified directories?

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Issue

  • How can I allow to run buit-in sudoedit recursively to edit files under specified directories?
  • For example, when I add the following line in /etc/sudoers, I can edit /tmp/dir1/file1.txt, but I can NOT edit /tmp/dir1/dir2/file2.txt
testuser       ALL=(root)      sudoedit /tmp/dir1/*

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • sudo-1.8.6p3-20.el6_7.x86_64

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