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On Thursday, 26 May 2022 21:54:50 BST Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> I just ran an update and noticed that etc-update wants to change the |
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> layout of /etc/sudoers, specifically... |
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###################################################################### |
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> ## |
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> ## User privilege specification |
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> ## |
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> -root ALL=(ALL) ALL |
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> +root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |
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> ## Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command |
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> -# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL |
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> +# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |
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> ## Same thing without a password |
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> -# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL |
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> +# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL |
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> ## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command |
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> -# %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL |
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> +# %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL |
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> ## Uncomment to allow any user to run sudo if they know the password |
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> ## of the user they are running the command as (root by default). |
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> # Defaults targetpw # Ask for the password of the target user |
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> -# ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING: only use this together with 'Defaults |
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> targetpw' +# ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # WARNING: only use this together with |
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> 'Defaults targetpw' |
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###################################################################### |
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> ...and similar changes for /etc/sudoers.dist. What is this about, and |
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> should I go ahead? |
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I did it without thinking about it, and nothing untoward has befallen. Yet. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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