Sudo Shell?

[Alek O. Komarnitsky (N-CSC)]

Better yet, can you work with Todd and see if you can have
this linked to from the sudo home page ... this sounds like
a useful "sudo-tool" and might be appropriate for inclusion there.

alek



> From: Andrew Schaefer <andrew at traffic.com>
> Subject: Re: Sudo Shell?
> To: Matthew.Hannigan at nl.abnamro.com
> Cc: ccoving at uhc.com, sudo-users at courtesan.com
> 
> Would you mind re-posting that or e-mailing me a copy?  I joined a week
> or two ago, so missed it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Andrew Schaefer
> andrew at traffic.com
> 
> Matthew.Hannigan at nl.abnamro.com wrote:
> > 
> > Except for the cd (and any other builtin) you can do this
> > with my generic sudo wrapper, posted to this mailing
> > list a month or so ago.
> > 
> > -Matt
> > 
> > To:   pll at mclinux.com, sudo-users at courtesan.com
> > Subject:  Re: Sudo Shell?
> > 
> > Thanks for the workaround, but it still causes usability problems with
> > my users.  I'm wondering if the following is possible or if there is
> > another utility I should look into to do it (basically an "su" that logs
> > each command):
> > 
> > $ id
> > joeuser 99
> > $ sudoshell
> > -- you are now root with idle timeout in 5 minutes
> > -- and commands logged like you had issued sudo before each command
> > # cd /restricted/dir1/dir2/dir3
> > # pwd
> > /restricted/dir1/dir2/dir3
> > # id
> > root 0
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> > 
> > Paul Lussier wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:56:36 CDT
> > > Chris Covington said:
> > >
> > > >Unfortunately, the files are several directories deep, so it gets
> > > >tedious to type them each time (and then hard to get the users to agree
> > > >to use sudo).  Thanks anyway though.
> > >
> > > Hmmmm, how about:
> > >
> > >         > sudo "ls -lR forbidden_dir | less"
> > >
> > > --
> > > Seeya,
> > > Paul
> > > ----
> > --
> > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
> > Chris Covington, Unix Services and Consulting
> > UnitedHealthGroup, ccoving at uhc.com
> > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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