[sudo-users] [SOLVED] Re: Command with argument not working as expected

[Leigh Brown]

On Thu, February 11, 2010 3:04 pm, Gabriel Menini wrote:
> sudo-users-bounces at courtesan.com escribió el 2010-02-03 15:33:05:
>
>> Hello, list.
>>
>> Since I want users to chmod files only under certain directory, I have
>> the following in my /etc/sudoers file:
>>
>> # User alias specification
>> User_Alias ADMINS = myname,yourname
>>
>> # Cmnd alias specification
>> Cmnd_Alias CHMOD   = /usr/bin/chmod /dir/where/chmod/is/allowed/*
>
> Hi,
>
> Finally, my peer found the way to set the correct syntax:
>
> Cmnd_Alias CHMOD   = /usr/bin/chmod u+x /dir/where/chmod/is/allowed/*
>
> I was missing the chmod options u+x. Sure, this line only sets
> executable-by-owner bit but, it's enough for me so far.

I would recommend extreme caution when using an asterisk anywhere in
any sudo rule.  The above rule also allows :-

sudo chmod u+x /dir/where/chmod/is/allowed/../../../somewhere/bad

and not to mention it matches spaces :-

sudo chmod u+x /dir/where/chmod/is/allowed/zzz  /somewhere/bad

Its possible to get around this by adding the these sort of rules after
the main one, but its still a worry.

Cmnd_Alias CHMOD   = /usr/bin/chmod /dir/where/chmod/is/allowed/*, \
                    !/usr/bin/chmod u+x *[ ]*, \
                    !/usr/bin/chmod u+x *../*

It would be nice if sudo supported regular expression matching.  Until
then I would recommend wrapper scripts in place of any rule that
includes an asterisk.

Regards,

Leigh.