feature request: group sudo

This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as [LP: #1980244](https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1980244)

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date_created = 2022-06-29T14:23:20.476906+00:00

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_Launchpad user **Preston Taylor(prestontaylor)** wrote on 2022-06-29T14:23:20.476906+00:00_

In sudoers you can specify to allow sudo for a group the same as a user by simply prepending the group name with a '%'.

For Example:
[root@server2 sudoers.d]# cat 90-cloud-init-users
# Created by cloud-init v. 19.4 on Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:07:17 +0000

# User rules for cloud-user
cloud-user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

# Group rules for mygroup
%mygroup ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

To my knowledge his can be handled in exactly the same manner that cloud-init already handles users' sudo.