[sudo-users] excluding a user from all sudo logging

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at sudo.ws
Fri Sep 13 06:25:17 MDT 2019


On Fri, 13 Sep 2019 05:07:45 -0000, Peter Smith wrote:

>   Matching Defaults entries for servicenow on this host:
>       !visiblepw, always_set_home, env_reset, env_keep="COLORS DISPLAY HOSTNA
> ME HISTSIZE INPUTRC KDEDIR LS_COLORS", env_keep+="MAIL PS1 PS2 QTDIR USERNAME
>  LANG LC_ADDRESS LC_CTYPE", env_keep+="LC_COLLATE LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_MEASUR
> EMENT
>       LC_MESSAGES", env_keep+="LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER LC_TEL
> EPHONE", env_keep+="LC_TIME LC_ALL LANGUAGE LINGUAS _XKB_CHARSET XAUTHORITY",
>  secure_path=/sbin\:/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin, !syslog, !log_output, !log_inp
> ut,
>       log_output, log_input
>
>   User servicenow may run the following commands on this host:
>       (root) NOPASSWD: /<hidden>
>
>
> Hmmm. So I guess the latter "log_output, log_input", trumps the previous "!lo
> g_output, !log_input" ?

Yes, in sudoers the last match wins.  For Defaults entries you need
to order things from least specific to most specific.

The output of "sudo -l" shows the order of sudoers entries as sudo
will actually evaluate them.

 - todd


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