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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users sudo & Sox compliance Post 302117808 by rwallaceisg on Wednesday 16th of May 2007 11:37:59 AM
Old 05-16-2007
Question sudo & Sox compliance

Hello,

I am trying to convince my boss to stop allowing our users to login as root (superuser). Currently our users login to our unix server with their own account, then as needed, they will do an su and put in the root password.

This scares me, for a bunch of reasons. Mainly, one is that we still use telnet, not ssh, which I am also trying to enforce as well. Secondly, some of our users who have root access, have little to no unix knowledge, whatsoever. This can be very dangerous...

What I proposed to my boss is, that we do not give out the root password anymore. Instead, using sudo, give users access to certain commands/scripts. Then they can simply do 'sudo command' ... And then none of them ever have to type in the root password, and everything they do as su, is logged in the sudoers.log file..

My boss wants to know how sudo fits in with SOX , if it is compliant with SOX, if SOX has any restrictions with using sudo, etc.

Also , we need to know how sudo complies with HIPPA. As we are soon to become HIPPA compliant. Which brings me to telnet, which I fear, is not HIPPA, compliant, in that it has no security , and data can be captured with relative ease...

Any information would be greatly appreciated, Thank you
 

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csp_helper(1)							  USER COMMANDS 						     csp_helper(1)

  NAME
      csp_helper - A collection of caspar helper scripts

  SYNOPSIS
      csp_install dir (directory) file (file)

      csp_mkdircp dir (directory) file (file)

      csp_scp_keep_mode h ([user@]host) dir (directory) file (file)

      csp_sucp h ([user@]host) dir (directory) file (file)

  DESCRIPTION
      The  scripts  csp_install,  csp_mkdircp,	csp_scp_keep_mode  and csp_sucp are helpers for caspar(7). These scripts typically are not invoked
      directly, but via a Makefile which uses caspar. See the notes on	csp_PUSH  in  caspar(7)  for  information  on  how  to	link  csp_install,
      csp_scp_keep_mode and csp_sucp to caspar.

  install DESCRIPTION
      csp_install creates the required directory (if needed) and installs the file, preserving timestamps. It uses install(1).

  install EXAMPLES
       csp_INSTALL_OPTIONS='--owner=www-data --group=www-data' 
	csp_INSTALL_MODE=ugo=r 
	csp_install /srv/www index.html

       csp_INSTALL_MODE=u=rwx,go= csp_install /usr/local/sbin mkpasswd

  install ENVIRONMENT
      csp_install honors csp_INSTALL_OPTIONS and csp_INSTALL_MODE (default is u=rw,go=r).

  mkdircp DESCRIPTION
      csp_mkdircp calls mkdir(1) and cp(1).

  scp_keep_mode DESCRIPTION
      csp_scp_keep_mode  uses  ssh to copy a file to a remote host, keeping its file permission mode. The trick used is a combination of mktemp(1)
      and mv(1).  Useful if you'd like to be sure a file gets installed e.g. group writable, without fiddling with permission bits on  the  remote
      host.

  scp_keep_mode EXAMPLE
	chmod g+w rc
	csp_scp_keep_mode root@gandalf /etc/uruk rc

  scp_keep_mode ENVIRONMENT
      csp_scp_keep_mode honors csp_SSH ("ssh" by default).

  sucp DESCRIPTION
      csp_sucp calls cat(1) from within sudo(1) from within ssh(1). This allows one to copy files to accounts on hosts one can only reach by call-
      ing sudo on the ssh-reachable remote host.

      Typically, one wants to install a root-owned file, but one does not want to allow access to the root-account directly  from  ssh.  Typically
      sudo is used as an extra line of defense.

  sucp EXAMPLES
      Some examples:

	csp_sucp rms@bilbo /etc fstab

	csp_sucp monty-python commit/ trailer.txt

  sucp BUGS
      If  NOPASSWD  is	not  set in the sudoers(5) file, and one's timestamp is expired, csp_sucp will forward the sudo password prompt. The given
      password will be echoed on the console!

  AUTHOR
      Joost van Baal-Ili

  SEE ALSO
      caspar(7) The caspar homepage is at http://mdcc.cx/caspar/ .

  csp_helper 20120514						      14 mai 2012						       csp_helper(1)
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