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.\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996,1998-2002 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" ======================================================================
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "sudo @mansectsu@"
.TH sudo @mansectsu@ "1.6.6" "April 25, 2002" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
.UC
.IX Title "SUDO @mansectsu@"
.TH SUDO @mansectsu@ "March 13, 2003" "1.6.7" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
.SH "NAME"
sudo \- execute a command as another user
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBsudo\fR \fB\-V\fR | \fB\-h\fR | \fB\-l\fR | \fB\-L\fR | \fB\-v\fR | \fB\-k\fR | \fB\-K\fR | \fB\-s\fR |
[ \fB\-H\fR ] [\fB\-P\fR ] [\fB\-S\fR ] [ \fB\-b\fR ] | [ \fB\-p\fR \fIprompt\fR ]
[ \fB\-c\fR \fIclass\fR|\fI-\fR ] [ \fB\-a\fR \fIauth_type\fR ]
[ \fB\-c\fR \fIclass\fR|\fI\-\fR ] [ \fB\-a\fR \fIauth_type\fR ]
[ \fB\-u\fR \fIusername\fR|\fI#uid\fR ] \fIcommand\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
@@ -183,55 +207,80 @@ or via the \fIsudoers\fR file.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
\&\fBsudo\fR accepts the following command line options:
.Ip "\-V" 4
.IP "\-V" 4
.IX Item "-V"
The \fB\-V\fR (\fIversion\fR) option causes \fBsudo\fR to print the
version number and exit. If the invoking user is already root
the \fB\-V\fR option will print out a list of the defaults \fBsudo\fR
was compiled with as well as the machine's local network addresses.
.Ip "\-l" 4
.IP "\-l" 4
.IX Item "-l"
The \fB\-l\fR (\fIlist\fR) option will list out the allowed (and
forbidden) commands for the user on the current host.
.Ip "\-L" 4
.IP "\-L" 4
.IX Item "-L"
The \fB\-L\fR (\fIlist\fR defaults) option will list out the parameters
that may be set in a \fIDefaults\fR line along with a short description
for each. This option is useful in conjunction with \fIgrep\fR\|(1).
.Ip "\-h" 4
.IP "\-h" 4
.IX Item "-h"
The \fB\-h\fR (\fIhelp\fR) option causes \fBsudo\fR to print a usage message and exit.
.Ip "\-v" 4
.IP "\-v" 4
.IX Item "-v"
If given the \fB\-v\fR (\fIvalidate\fR) option, \fBsudo\fR will update the
user's timestamp, prompting for the user's password if necessary.
This extends the \fBsudo\fR timeout for another \f(CW\*(C`@timeout@\*(C'\fR minutes
(or whatever the timeout is set to in \fIsudoers\fR) but does not run
a command.
.Ip "\-k" 4
.IP "\-k" 4
.IX Item "-k"
The \fB\-k\fR (\fIkill\fR) option to \fBsudo\fR invalidates the user's timestamp
by setting the time on it to the epoch. The next time \fBsudo\fR is
run a password will be required. This option does not require a password
and was added to allow a user to revoke \fBsudo\fR permissions from a .logout
file.
.Ip "\-K" 4
.IP "\-K" 4
.IX Item "-K"
The \fB\-K\fR (sure \fIkill\fR) option to \fBsudo\fR removes the user's timestamp
entirely. Likewise, this option does not require a password.
.Ip "\-b" 4
.IP "\-b" 4
.IX Item "-b"
The \fB\-b\fR (\fIbackground\fR) option tells \fBsudo\fR to run the given
command in the background. Note that if you use the \fB\-b\fR
option you cannot use shell job control to manipulate the process.
.Ip "\-p" 4
.IP "\-p" 4
.IX Item "-p"
The \fB\-p\fR (\fIprompt\fR) option allows you to override the default
password prompt and use a custom one. If the password prompt
contains the \f(CW\*(C`%u\*(C'\fR escape, \f(CW\*(C`%u\*(C'\fR will be replaced with the user's
login name. Similarly, \f(CW\*(C`%h\*(C'\fR will be replaced with the local
hostname.
.Ip "\-c" 4
password prompt and use a custom one. The following percent (`\f(CW\*(C`%\*(C'\fR')
escapes are supported:
.RS 4
.ie n .IP "%u" 8
.el .IP "\f(CW%u\fR" 8
.IX Item "%u"
expanded to the invoking user's login name
.ie n .IP "%U" 8
.el .IP "\f(CW%U\fR" 8
.IX Item "%U"
expanded to the login name of the user the command will
be run as (defaults to root)
.ie n .IP "%h" 8
.el .IP "\f(CW%h\fR" 8
.IX Item "%h"
expanded to the local hostname without the domain name
.ie n .IP "%H" 8
.el .IP "\f(CW%H\fR" 8
.IX Item "%H"
expanded to the local hostname including the domain name
(on if the machine's hostname is fully qualified or the \fIfqdn\fR
sudoers option is set)
.ie n .IP "\*(C`%%\*(C'" 8
.el .IP "\f(CW\*(C`%%\*(C'\fR" 8
.IX Item "%%"
two consecutive \f(CW\*(C`%\*(C'\fR characters are collaped into a single \f(CW\*(C`%\*(C'\fR character
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\-c" 4
.IX Item "-c"
The \fB\-c\fR (\fIclass\fR) option causes \fBsudo\fR to run the specified command
with resources limited by the specified login class. The \fIclass\fR
@@ -242,44 +291,44 @@ capabilities for the user the command is run as. If the \fIclass\fR
argument specifies an existing user class, the command must be run
as root, or the \fBsudo\fR command must be run from a shell that is already
root. This option is only available on systems with \s-1BSD\s0 login classes
where \fBsudo\fR has been configured with the \-\-with-logincap option.
.Ip "\-a" 4
where \fBsudo\fR has been configured with the \-\-with\-logincap option.
.IP "\-a" 4
.IX Item "-a"
The \fB\-a\fR (\fIauthentication type\fR) option causes \fBsudo\fR to use the
specified authentication type when validating the user, as allowed
by /etc/login.conf. The system administrator may specify a list
of sudo-specific authentication methods by adding an \*(L"auth-sudo\*(R"
of sudo-specific authentication methods by adding an \*(L"auth\-sudo\*(R"
entry in /etc/login.conf. This option is only available on systems
that support \s-1BSD\s0 authentication where \fBsudo\fR has been configured
with the \-\-with-bsdauth option.
.Ip "\-u" 4
with the \-\-with\-bsdauth option.
.IP "\-u" 4
.IX Item "-u"
The \fB\-u\fR (\fIuser\fR) option causes \fBsudo\fR to run the specified command
as a user other than \fIroot\fR. To specify a \fIuid\fR instead of a
\&\fIusername\fR, use \fI#uid\fR.
.Ip "\-s" 4
.IP "\-s" 4
.IX Item "-s"
The \fB\-s\fR (\fIshell\fR) option runs the shell specified by the \fI\s-1SHELL\s0\fR
environment variable if it is set or the shell as specified
in \fIpasswd\fR\|(@mansectform@).
.Ip "\-H" 4
.IP "\-H" 4
.IX Item "-H"
The \fB\-H\fR (\fI\s-1HOME\s0\fR) option sets the \f(CW\*(C`HOME\*(C'\fR environment variable
to the homedir of the target user (root by default) as specified
in \fIpasswd\fR\|(@mansectform@). By default, \fBsudo\fR does not modify \f(CW\*(C`HOME\*(C'\fR.
.Ip "\-P" 4
.IP "\-P" 4
.IX Item "-P"
The \fB\-P\fR (\fIpreserve group vector\fR) option causes \fBsudo\fR to preserve
the user's group vector unaltered. By default, \fBsudo\fR will initialize
the group vector to the list of groups the target user is in.
The real and effective group IDs, however, are still set to match
the target user.
.Ip "\-S" 4
.IP "\-S" 4
.IX Item "-S"
The \fB\-S\fR (\fIstdin\fR) option causes \fBsudo\fR to read the password from
standard input instead of the terminal device.
.Ip "\-\-" 4
The \fB\--\fR flag indicates that \fBsudo\fR should stop processing command
.IP "\-\-" 4
The \fB\-\-\fR flag indicates that \fBsudo\fR should stop processing command
line arguments. It is most useful in conjunction with the \fB\-s\fR flag.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
@@ -302,7 +351,7 @@ unreachable.
\&\fBsudo\fR tries to be safe when executing external commands. Variables
that control how dynamic loading and binding is done can be used
to subvert the program that \fBsudo\fR runs. To combat this the
\&\f(CW\*(C`LD_*\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`_RLD_*\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`SHLIB_PATH\*(C'\fR (\s-1HP-UX\s0 only), and \f(CW\*(C`LIBPATH\*(C'\fR (\s-1AIX\s0
\&\f(CW\*(C`LD_*\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`_RLD_*\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`SHLIB_PATH\*(C'\fR (\s-1HP\-UX\s0 only), and \f(CW\*(C`LIBPATH\*(C'\fR (\s-1AIX\s0
only) environment variables are removed from the environment passed
on to all commands executed. \fBsudo\fR will also remove the \f(CW\*(C`IFS\*(C'\fR,
\&\f(CW\*(C`ENV\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`BASH_ENV\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`KRB_CONF\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`KRBCONFDIR\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`KRBTKFILE\*(C'\fR,
@@ -357,7 +406,7 @@ subsequent commands run from that shell will \fInot\fR be logged, nor
will \fBsudo\fR's access control affect them. The same is true for
commands that offer shell escapes (including most editors). Because
of this, care must be taken when giving users access to commands
via \fBsudo\fR to verify that the command does not inadvertantly give
via \fBsudo\fR to verify that the command does not inadvertently give
the user an effective root shell.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
@@ -368,22 +417,26 @@ To get a file listing of an unreadable directory:
.Vb 1
\& % sudo ls /usr/local/protected
.Ve
.PP
To list the home directory of user yazza on a machine where the
filesystem holding ~yazza is not exported as root:
.PP
.Vb 1
\& % sudo -u yazza ls ~yazza
.Ve
.PP
To edit the \fIindex.html\fR file as user www:
.PP
.Vb 1
\& % sudo -u www vi ~www/htdocs/index.html
.Ve
.PP
To shutdown a machine:
.PP
.Vb 1
\& % sudo shutdown -r +15 "quick reboot"
.Ve
.PP
To make a usage listing of the directories in the /home
partition. Note that this runs the commands in a sub-shell
to make the \f(CW\*(C`cd\*(C'\fR and file redirection work.
@@ -425,6 +478,7 @@ version consists of code written primarily by:
\& Todd Miller
\& Chris Jepeway
.Ve
.PP
See the \s-1HISTORY\s0 file in the \fBsudo\fR distribution or visit
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/history.html for a short history
of \fBsudo\fR.
@@ -453,4 +507,4 @@ that make setuid shell scripts unsafe on some operating systems
are generally safe).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fIstat\fR\|(2), \fIlogin_cap\fR\|(3), \fIsudoers\fR\|(@mansectform@), \fIpasswd\fR\|(5), \fIvisudo\fR\|(@mansectsu@), \fIgrep\fR\|(1), \fIsu\fR\|(1).
\&\fIgrep\fR\|(1), \fIsu\fR\|(1), \fIstat\fR\|(2), \fIlogin_cap\fR\|(3), \fIsudoers\fR\|(@mansectform@), \fIpasswd\fR\|(5), \fIvisudo\fR\|(@mansectsu@)

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.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man version 1.15
.\" Thu Apr 25 09:34:54 2002
.\" Copyright (c) 1996,1998-2002 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
.\" are met:
.\"
.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
.\"
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
.\"
.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
.\" from the author.
.\"
.\" 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "Sudo" nor
.\" may "Sudo" appear in their names without specific prior written
.\" permission from the author.
.\"
.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
.\" INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
.\" AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
.\" THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
.\" EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
.\" PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
.\" OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
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@@ -135,11 +160,10 @@
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.\" ======================================================================
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.IX Title "visudo @mansectsu@"
.TH visudo @mansectsu@ "1.6.6" "April 25, 2002" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
.UC
.IX Title "VISUDO @mansectsu@"
.TH VISUDO @mansectsu@ "March 13, 2003" "1.6.7" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
.SH "NAME"
visudo \- edit the sudoers file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -159,7 +183,7 @@ at compile-time that may be overridden via the \fIeditor\fR \fIsudoers\fR
your system, as determined by the \fIconfigure\fR script. Normally,
\&\fBvisudo\fR does not honor the \f(CW\*(C`EDITOR\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`VISUAL\*(C'\fR environment
variables unless they contain an editor in the aforementioned editors
list. However, if \fBvisudo\fR is configured with the \fI\*(--with-enveditor\fR
list. However, if \fBvisudo\fR is configured with the \fI\-\-with\-enveditor\fR
flag or the \fIenveditor\fR \f(CW\*(C`Default\*(C'\fR variable is set in \fIsudoers\fR,
\&\fBvisudo\fR will use any the editor defines by \f(CW\*(C`EDITOR\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`VISUAL\*(C'\fR.
Note that this can be a security hole since it allows the user to
@@ -167,7 +191,7 @@ execute any program they wish simply by setting \f(CW\*(C`EDITOR\*(C'\fR or \f(C
.PP
\&\fBvisudo\fR parses the \fIsudoers\fR file after the edit and will
not save the changes if there is a syntax error. Upon finding
an error, \fBvisudo\fR will print a message stating the line \fInumber\fR\|(s)
an error, \fBvisudo\fR will print a message stating the line number(s)
where the error occurred and the user will receive the
\&\*(L"What now?\*(R" prompt. At this point the user may enter \*(L"e\*(R"
to re-edit the \fIsudoers\fR file, \*(L"x\*(R" to exit without
@@ -181,7 +205,7 @@ error occurred (if the editor supports this feature).
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
\&\fBvisudo\fR accepts the following command line options:
.Ip "\-c" 4
.IP "\-c" 4
.IX Item "-c"
Enable \fBcheck-only\fR mode. The existing \fIsudoers\fR file will be
checked for syntax and a message will be printed to the
@@ -189,40 +213,40 @@ standard output detailing the status of \fIsudoers\fR.
If the syntax check completes successfully, \fBvisudo\fR will
exit with a value of 0. If a syntax error is encountered,
\&\fBvisudo\fR will exit with a value of 1.
.Ip "\-f" 4
.IP "\-f" 4
.IX Item "-f"
Specify and alternate \fIsudoers\fR file location. With this option
\&\fBvisudo\fR will edit (or check) the \fIsudoers\fR file of your choice,
instead of the default, \f(CW@sysconfdir\fR@/sudoers. The lock file used
is the specified \fIsudoers\fR file with \*(L".tmp\*(R" appended to it.
.Ip "\-q" 4
.IP "\-q" 4
.IX Item "-q"
Enable \fBquiet\fR mode. In this mode details about syntax errors
are not printed. This option is only useful when combined with
the \fB\-c\fR flag.
.Ip "\-s" 4
.IP "\-s" 4
.IX Item "-s"
Enable \fBstrict\fR checking of the \fIsudoers\fR file. If an alias is
used before it is defined, \fBvisudo\fR will consider this a parse
error. Note that it is not possible to differentiate between an
alias and a hostname or username that consists solely of uppercase
letters, digits, and the underscore ('_') character.
.Ip "\-V" 4
.IP "\-V" 4
.IX Item "-V"
The \fB\-V\fR (version) option causes \fBvisudo\fR to print its version number
and exit.
.SH "ERRORS"
.IX Header "ERRORS"
.Ip "sudoers file busy, try again later." 4
.IP "sudoers file busy, try again later." 4
.IX Item "sudoers file busy, try again later."
Someone else is currently editing the \fIsudoers\fR file.
.Ip "@sysconfdir@/sudoers.tmp: Permission denied" 4
.IP "@sysconfdir@/sudoers.tmp: Permission denied" 4
.IX Item "@sysconfdir@/sudoers.tmp: Permission denied"
You didn't run \fBvisudo\fR as root.
.Ip "Can't find you in the passwd database" 4
.IP "Can't find you in the passwd database" 4
.IX Item "Can't find you in the passwd database"
Your userid does not appear in the system passwd file.
.Ip "Warning: undeclared Alias referenced near ..." 4
.IP "Warning: undeclared Alias referenced near ..." 4
.IX Item "Warning: undeclared Alias referenced near ..."
Either you are using a {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias before
defining it or you have a user or hostname listed that
@@ -233,7 +257,7 @@ mode these are errors, not warnings.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
The following environment variables are used only if \fBvisudo\fR
was configured with the \fI\*(--with-env-editor\fR option:
was configured with the \fI\-\-with\-env\-editor\fR option:
.PP
.Vb 2
\& EDITOR Invoked by visudo as the editor to use
@@ -253,6 +277,7 @@ Many people have worked on \fIsudo\fR over the years; this version of
.Vb 1
\& Todd Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
.Ve
.PP
See the \s-1HISTORY\s0 file in the sudo distribution or visit
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/history.html for more details.
.SH "BUGS"
@@ -271,4 +296,4 @@ There is no easy way to prevent a user from gaining a root shell if
the editor used by \fBvisudo\fR allows shell escapes.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fIvi\fR\|(1), \fIsudo\fR\|(@mansectsu@), \fIvipw\fR\|(8).
\&\fIvi\fR\|(1), \fIsudoers\fR\|(@mansectform@), \fIsudo\fR\|(@mansectsu@), \fIvipw\fR\|(8)