[sudo-users] sudo comment?

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at courtesan.com
Wed May 5 13:55:27 EDT 2010


In message <22D301D9B05B074F900C913A9550E935692BCF at EXMAIL1.bocad.bank-banque-ca
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	so spake "Eurico de Sousa" (edesousa):

> Is there any way to have sudo prompt for a comment and have it logged
> before using it to become someone else?
>  
>     sudo -u other_user command
>  
> Some staff here need to become other users in order to troubleshoot
> their problems but there's some audit requirement to log a reason for
> doing so (the comment may have to include a ticket number, for example).

Sorry, there is not presently a way to do this.

 - todd



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