how to prevent ./*

[Rahul]

Hello Martin,

You can configure sudoers files with "!/usr/bin/XX
But make sure that the user(whose in the sudoers file) are using
$ sudo ./XX  [or]
$ sudo /usr/bin/XX

NOT just

$./XX or
$/usr/bin/XX

Hope this helps and let me how it works.

Thanks and Regards,
-sadha


> Can anyone tell me how to configure sudoers in order to prevent someone
from
> doing ./* ?
> I am trying to prevent someone from executing a command XX, so I
configured
>
> !/usr/bin/XX
>
> but still that user can go and do cd /usr/bin, ./XX.
>
> I cannot seem to put ! ./XX in sudoers, I get a syntax error.
>
> Can anyone tell how to do it?
>
> By the way, is it possible to include subdirectories when putting
wildcards?
> For instance, I would like !/usr/* to prevent from doing everything under
> /usr, including subdirectories. Any idea?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Martin
>
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