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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY sudo-download-http "http://www.sudo.ws/dist/sudo-&sudo-version;.tar.gz">
8 <!ENTITY sudo-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-&sudo-version;.tar.gz">
9 <!ENTITY sudo-md5sum "a977449587dc857e129bb20555b46af4">
10 <!ENTITY sudo-size "2.6 MB">
11 <!ENTITY sudo-buildsize "34 MB (with tests)">
12 <!ENTITY sudo-time "0.4 SBU (with tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="sudo" xreflabel="Sudo-&sudo-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="sudo.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>Sudo-&sudo-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="sudo">
26 <primary sortas="a-Sudo">Sudo</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to Sudo</title>
31
32 <para>
33 The <application>Sudo</application> package allows a system administrator
34 to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run
35 some (or all) commands as
36 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> or another user while
37 logging the commands and arguments.
38 </para>
39
40 &lfs79_checked;
41
42 &gcc6_checked;
43
44 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
45 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
46 <listitem>
47 <para>
48 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sudo-download-http;"/>
49 </para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>
53 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sudo-download-ftp;"/>
54 </para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>
58 Download MD5 sum: &sudo-md5sum;
59 </para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>
63 Download size: &sudo-size;
64 </para>
65 </listitem>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>
68 Estimated disk space required: &sudo-buildsize;
69 </para>
70 </listitem>
71 <listitem>
72 <para>
73 Estimated build time: &sudo-time;
74 </para>
75 </listitem>
76 </itemizedlist>
77
78 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Sudo Dependencies</bridgehead>
79
80 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
81 <para role="optional">
82 <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
83 <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
84 <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
85 <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
86 <command>sendmail</command> command),
87 <ulink url="http://www.openafs.org/">AFS</ulink>,
88 <ulink url="http://www.fwtk.org/">FWTK</ulink>, and
89 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opie/files/">Opie</ulink>
90<!-- <ulink url="http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=1156">SecurID</ulink> -->
91 </para>
92
93 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
94 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/sudo"/>
95 </para>
96 </sect2>
97
98 <sect2 role="installation">
99 <title>Installation of Sudo</title>
100
101 <para>
102 Install <application>Sudo</application> by running the following commands:
103 </para>
104
105<!-- Developer: apparently it is disabled by default, although in configure it
106is written otherwise -disable-static \-->
107<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
108 --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
109 --with-secure-path \
110 --with-all-insults \
111 --with-env-editor \
112 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/sudo-&sudo-version; \
113 --with-passprompt="[sudo] password for %p" &amp;&amp;
114make</userinput></screen>
115
116 <para>
117 To test the results, issue: <command>env LC_ALL=C make check 2&gt;&amp;1
118 | tee ../make-check.log</command>. Check the results with <command>grep
119 failed ../make-check.log</command>.
120 </para>
121
122 <para>
123 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
124 </para>
125
126<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
127ln -sfv libsudo_util.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/sudo/libsudo_util.so.0</userinput></screen>
128
129 </sect2>
130
131 <sect2 role="commands">
132 <title>Command Explanations</title>
133
134 <para>
135 <parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib</parameter>: This switch controls where
136 private programs are installed. Everything in that directory is a library, so
137 they belong under <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> instead of
138 <filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename>.
139 </para>
140
141 <para>
142 <parameter>--with-secure-path</parameter>: This switch transparently adds
143 <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> and <filename
144 class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename> directories to the
145 <envar>PATH</envar> environment variable.
146 </para>
147
148 <para>
149 <parameter>--with-all-insults</parameter>: This switch includes all the
150 <application>sudo</application> insult sets.
151 </para>
152
153 <para>
154 <parameter>--with-env-editor</parameter>: This switch enables use of the
155 environment variable EDITOR for <command>visudo</command>.
156 </para>
157
158 <para>
159 <parameter>--with-passprompt</parameter>: This switch sets the password prompt.
160 </para>
161
162 <para>
163 <option>--without-pam</option>: This switch avoids building
164 <application>PAM</application> support when <application>PAM</application> is installed on the system.
165 </para>
166
167 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
168 href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
169
170 <note>
171 <para>
172 There are many options to <application>sudo</application>'s
173 <command>configure</command> command. Check the
174 <command>configure --help</command> output for a complete list.
175 </para>
176 </note>
177
178 <para>
179 <command>ln -sfv libsudo_util...</command>: Works around a bug in the
180 installation process, which links the versioned library to the
181 previously installed version (when present) instead of the new one.
182 </para>
183
184 </sect2>
185
186 <sect2 role="configuration">
187 <title>Configuring Sudo</title>
188
189 <sect3 id="sudo-config">
190 <title>Config File</title>
191
192 <para>
193 <filename>/etc/sudoers</filename>
194 </para>
195
196 <indexterm zone="sudo sudo-config">
197 <primary sortas="e-etc-sudoers">/etc/sudoers</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199
200 </sect3>
201
202 <sect3>
203 <title>Configuration Information</title>
204
205 <para>
206 The <filename>sudoers</filename> file can be quite complicated. It
207 is composed of two types of entries: aliases (basically variables) and
208 user specifications (which specify who may run what). The installation
209 installs a default configuration that has no privileges installed for any
210 user.
211 </para>
212
213 <para>
214 One example usage is to allow the system administrator to execute
215 any program without typing a password each time root privileges are
216 needed. This can be configured as:
217 </para>
218
219<screen># User alias specification
220User_Alias ADMIN = YourLoginId
221
222# Allow people in group ADMIN to run all commands without a password
223ADMIN ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL</screen>
224
225 <para>
226 For details, see <command>man sudoers</command>.
227 </para>
228
229 <note>
230 <para>
231 The <application>Sudo</application> developers highly recommend
232 using the <command>visudo</command> program to edit the
233 <filename>sudoers</filename> file. This will provide basic sanity
234 checking like syntax parsing and file permission to avoid some possible
235 mistakes that could lead to a vulnerable configuration.
236 </para>
237 </note>
238
239 <para>
240 If <application>PAM</application> is installed on the system,
241 <application>Sudo</application> is built with
242 <application>PAM</application> support. In that case, issue the following
243 command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user
244 to create the <application>PAM</application> configuration file:
245 </para>
246
247<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/sudo &lt;&lt; "EOF"
248<literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/sudo
249
250# include the default auth settings
251auth include system-auth
252
253# include the default account settings
254account include system-account
255
256# Set default environment variables for the service user
257session required pam_env.so
258
259# include system session defaults
260session include system-session
261
262# End /etc/pam.d/sudo</literal>
263EOF
264chmod 644 /etc/pam.d/sudo</userinput></screen>
265
266 </sect3>
267
268 </sect2>
269
270 <sect2 role="content">
271 <title>Contents</title>
272
273 <segmentedlist>
274 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
275 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
276 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
277
278 <seglistitem>
279 <seg>
280 sudo,
281 sudoedit (symlink),
282 sudoreplay,
283 and visudo
284 </seg>
285 <seg>
286 group_file.so,
287 libsudo_util.so,
288 sudoers.so,
289 sudo_noexec.so,
290 and system_group.so
291 </seg>
292 <seg>
293 /etc/sudoers.d,
294 /usr/lib/sudo,
295 /usr/share/doc/sudo-&sudo-version;,
296 /var/lib/sudo, and
297 /var/run/sudo
298 </seg>
299 </seglistitem>
300 </segmentedlist>
301
302 <variablelist>
303 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
304 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
305 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
306
307 <varlistentry id="sudo_prog">
308 <term><command>sudo</command></term>
309 <listitem>
310 <para>
311 executes a command as another user as permitted by
312 the <filename>/etc/sudoers</filename> configuration file.
313 </para>
314 <indexterm zone="sudo sudo">
315 <primary sortas="b-sudo">sudo</primary>
316 </indexterm>
317 </listitem>
318 </varlistentry>
319
320 <varlistentry id="sudoedit">
321 <term><command>sudoedit</command></term>
322 <listitem>
323 <para>
324 is a symlink to <command>sudo</command> that implies the
325 <option>-e</option> option to invoke an editor as another user.
326 </para>
327 <indexterm zone="sudo sudoedit">
328 <primary sortas="b-sudoedit">sudoedit</primary>
329 </indexterm>
330 </listitem>
331 </varlistentry>
332
333 <varlistentry id="sudoreplay">
334 <term><command>sudoreplay</command></term>
335 <listitem>
336 <para>
337 is used to play back or list the output
338 logs created by <command>sudo</command>.
339 </para>
340 <indexterm zone="sudo sudoreplay">
341 <primary sortas="b-sudoreplay">sudoreplay</primary>
342 </indexterm>
343 </listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345
346 <varlistentry id="visudo">
347 <term><command>visudo</command></term>
348 <listitem>
349 <para>
350 allows for safer editing of the <filename>sudoers</filename>
351 file.
352 </para>
353 <indexterm zone="sudo visudo">
354 <primary sortas="b-visudo">visudo</primary>
355 </indexterm>
356 </listitem>
357 </varlistentry>
358
359 </variablelist>
360
361 </sect2>
362
363</sect1>
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