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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users sudo needs to source target user's .shrc Post 302546570 by mp5802 on Thursday 11th of August 2011 12:44:45 PM
Old 08-11-2011
sudo needs to source target user's .shrc
I'm configuring a sudo Runas_Alias in the sudoers file on a hp-ux 11.31 system. The goal is to allow some hp-ux accounts to sudo to a service account and run commands as that user. Here's the related sudoers entries:

User_Alias DMSTAFF = %dmstaff
Runas_Alias DMALIAS = dmadmin
DMSTAFF ALL = (DMALIAS) NOPASSWD: ALL

For example, testuser1 belongs to the dmstaff hp-ux group, so he is allowed to run commands as dmadmin like this:

sudo -u dmadmin [some command]
or
sudo -Hu dmadmin [some command] (preserve's target user's home dir)

It works very well and sudo commands are logged to our sudo.log.
However, sudo is not sourcing important env variables that dmadmin requires. These env variables are normally sourced from dmadmin's .shrc file in his home directory.

We can simple allow the users to sudo su - dmadmin by defining a simple Cmnd_Alias, but in that case subsequent commands will not be logged to the sudo.log - a dept. requirement.

Any ideas?
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

viewsudo

VIEW-OS(1)						      General Commands Manual							VIEW-OS(1)

NAME

       viewsudo - execute a command as another (virtual) user

SYNOPSIS

       viewsudo [-g groupname|#gid] [-u username|#uid] command

DESCRIPTION

       viewsudo allows a user to execute a command as the superuser or
	      another user in View-OS.

OPTIONS

       viewsudo accepts the following command line options:

       -g group
	   Normally,  viewsudo	sets the primary group to root.  The -g option causes sudo to run the specified command with the primary group set
	   to group.  To specify a gid instead of a group name, use #gid.  When running commands as a gid, many shells require	that  the  '#'	be
	   escaped  with  a  backslash	('[u2019]).   If  no -u option is specified, the command will be run as the invoking user (not root).	In
	   either case, the primary group will be set to group.

       -u user
	   The -u option causes viewsudo to run the specified command as a user other than root.  To specify a uid instead of  a  user	name,  use
	   #uid.  When running commands as a uid, many shells require that the '#' be escaped with a backslash ('[u2019]).

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful execution of a program, the exit status from viewsudo will simply be the exit status of the program that was executed.

SEE ALSO

       viewsu(1), sudo(1), linux.defs(5)

AUTHORS

       View-OS is a project of the Computer Science Department, University of Bologna. Project Leader: Renzo Davoli.
       <http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/view-os>

       Howto's and further information can be found on the project wiki <wiki.virtualsquare.org>.

NOTE

       Most part of the text is taken from sudo(1).

VIEW-OS: a process with a view					  August 8, 2009							VIEW-OS(1)
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