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This file explains how to build the optional LDAP functionality of SUDO to
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store /etc/sudoers information. This feature is distinct from LDAP passwords.
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For general sudo LDAP configuration details, see the sudoers.ldap manual that
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comes with the sudo distribution. A pre-formatted version of the manual may
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be found in the sudoers.ldap.cat file.
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The sudo binary compiled with LDAP support should be totally backward
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compatible and be syntactically and source code equivalent to its
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non LDAP-enabled build.
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LDAP philosophy
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As times change and servers become cheap, an enterprise can easily have 500+
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UNIX servers. Using LDAP to synchronize Users, Groups, Hosts, Mounts, and
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others across an enterprise can greatly reduce the administrative overhead.
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In the past, sudo has used a single local configuration file, /etc/sudoers.
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While the same sudoers file can be shared among machines, no built-in
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mechanism exists to distribute it. Some have attempted to workaround this
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by synchronizing changes via CVS/RSYNC/RDIST/RCP/SCP and even NFS.
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By using LDAP for sudoers we gain a centrally administered, globally
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available configuration source for sudo.
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For information on OpenLDAP, please see http://www.openldap.org/.
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Definitions
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Many times the word 'Directory' is used in the document to refer to the LDAP
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server, structure and contents.
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Many times 'options' are used in this document to refer to sudoer 'defaults'.
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They are one and the same.
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Build instructions
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==================
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The simplest way to build sudo with LDAP support is to include the
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'--with-ldap' option.
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$ ./configure --with-ldap
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If your ldap libraries and headers are in a non-standard place, you will need
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to specify them at configure time. E.g.
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$ ./configure --with-ldap=/usr/local/ldapsdk
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Sudo is developed using OpenLDAP but Netscape-based LDAP libraries
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(such as those present in Solaris) are also known to work.
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Your mileage may vary. Please let the sudo workers mailing list
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<sudo-workers@sudo.ws> know if special configuration was required
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to build an LDAP-enabled sudo so we can improve sudo.
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Schema Changes
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You must add the appropriate schema to your LDAP server before it
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can store sudoers content.
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For OpenLDAP, copy the file schema.OpenLDAP to the schema directory
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(e.g. /etc/openldap/schema). You must then edit your slapd.conf and
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add an include line the new schema, e.g.
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# Sudo LDAP schema
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include /etc/openldap/schema/sudo.schema
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In order for sudoRole LDAP queries to be efficient, the server must index
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the attribute 'sudoUser', e.g.
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# Indices to maintain
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index sudoUser eq
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After making the changes to slapd.conf, restart slapd.
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For Netscape-derived LDAP servers such as SunONE, iPlanet or Fedora Directory,
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copy the schema.iPlanet file to the schema directory with the name 99sudo.ldif.
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On Solaris, schemas are stored in /var/Sun/mps/slapd-`hostname`/config/schema/.
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For Fedora Directory Server, they are stored in /etc/dirsrv/schema/.
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After copying the schema file to the appropriate directory, restart
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the LDAP server.
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Finally, using an LDAP browser/editor, enable indexing by editing the
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client profile to provide a Service Search Descriptor (SSD) for sudoers,
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replacing example.com with your domain:
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serviceSearchDescriptor: sudoers: ou=sudoers,dc=example,dc=com
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If using an Active Directory server, copy schema.ActiveDirectory
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to your Windows domain controller and run the following command:
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ldifde -i -f schema.ActiveDirectory -c dc=X dc=example,dc=com
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Importing /etc/sudoers into LDAP
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Importing sudoers is a two-step process.
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Step 1:
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Ask your LDAP Administrator where to create the ou=SUDOers container.
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For instance, if using OpenLDAP:
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dn: ou=SUDOers,dc=example,dc=com
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objectClass: top
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objectClass: organizationalUnit
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ou: SUDOers
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(An example location is shown below). Then use the provided script to convert
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your sudoers file into LDIF format. The script will also convert any default
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options.
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# SUDOERS_BASE=ou=SUDOers,dc=example,dc=com
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# export SUDOERS_BASE
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# ./sudoers2ldif /etc/sudoers > /tmp/sudoers.ldif
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Step 2:
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Import into your directory server. The following example is for
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OpenLDAP. If you are using another directory, provide the LDIF
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file to your LDAP Administrator.
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# ldapadd -f /tmp/sudoers.ldif -h ldapserver \
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-D cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com -W -x
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Managing LDAP entries
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=====================
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Doing a one-time bulk load of your ldap entries is fine. However what if you
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need to make minor changes on a daily basis? It doesn't make sense to delete
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and re-add objects. (You can, but this is tedious).
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I recommend using any of the following LDAP browsers to administer your SUDOers.
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* GQ - The gentleman's LDAP client - Open Source - I use this a lot on Linux
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and since it is Schema aware, I don't need to create a sudoRole template.
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http://biot.com/gq/
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* phpQLAdmin - Open Source - phpQLAdmin is an administration tool,
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originally for QmailLDAP, that supports editing sudoRole objects
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in version 2.3.2 and higher.
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http://phpqladmin.com/
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* LDAP Browser/Editor - by Jarek Gawor - I use this a lot on Windows
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and Solaris. It runs anywhere in a Java Virtual Machine including
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web pages. You have to make a template from an existing sudoRole entry.
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http://www.iit.edu/~gawojar/ldap
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http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap
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http://ldapmanager.com
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* Apache Directory Studio - Open Source - an Eclipse-based LDAP
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development platform. Includes an LDAP browser, and LDIF editor,
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a schema editor and more.
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http://directory.apache.org/studio
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There are dozens of others, some Open Source, some free, some not.
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Configure your /etc/ldap.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf
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The /etc/ldap.conf file is meant to be shared between sudo, pam_ldap, nss_ldap
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and other ldap applications and modules. IBM Secureway unfortunately uses
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the same file name but has a different syntax. If you need to change where
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this file is stored, re-run configure with the --with-ldap-conf-file=PATH
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option.
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See the "Configuring ldap.conf" section in the sudoers.ldap manual
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for a list of supported ldap.conf parameters and an example ldap.conf
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Make sure you sudoers_base matches the location you specified when you
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imported the sudoers ldif data.
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After configuring /etc/ldap.conf, you must add a line in /etc/nsswitch.conf
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to tell sudo to look in LDAP for sudoers. See the "Configuring nsswitch.conf"
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section in the sudoers.ldap manual for details. Note that sudo will use
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/etc/nsswitch.conf even if the underlying operating system does not support it.
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To disable nsswitch support, run configure with the --with-nsswitch=no option.
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This will cause sudo to consult LDAP first and /etc/sudoers second, unless the
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ignore_sudoers_file flag is set in the global LDAP options.
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Debugging your LDAP configuration
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Enable debugging if you believe sudo is not parsing LDAP the way you think it
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should. Setting the 'sudoers_debug' parameter to a value of 1 shows moderate
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debugging. A value of 2 shows the results of the matches themselves. Make
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sure to set the value back to zero so that other users don't get confused by
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the debugging messages.
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