Debian 13 trixie

Initial Settings : Configure Sudo2025/08/11

 

Configure Sudo to separate users' duty if some people share privileges.

[1] Install Sudo.
root@localhost:~#
apt -y install sudo

[2] Transfer root privilege to a user all.
root@localhost:~#
# add to last line : user [trixie] can use all root privilege
# how to write ⇒ destination host=(owner) command

trixie    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

# push [Ctrl + x] key to quit visudo
# verify with user [trixie]

trixie@localhost:~$
cat /etc/shadow

cat: /etc/shadow: Permission denied
# denied

trixie@localhost:~$
sudo cat /etc/shadow

[sudo] password for trixie:   # trixie's password
root:xxxxxxxxxx:19520:0:99999:7:::
daemon:*:19520:0:99999:7:::
bin:*:19520:0:99999:7:::
sys:*:19520:0:99999:7:::
sync:*:19520:0:99999:7:::
.....
.....
# possible executed
[3] In addition to the setting [1], set that some commands are not allowed.
root@localhost:~#
# add alias for the kind of shutdown commands

# Cmnd alias specification
Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /usr/sbin/halt, /usr/sbin/shutdown, \
/usr/sbin/poweroff, /usr/sbin/reboot, /usr/sbin/init, /usr/bin/systemctl 

# add ( commands in alias [SHUTDOWN] are not allowed )
trixie    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL, !SHUTDOWN

# verify with user [trixie]

trixie@localhost:~$
sudo /usr/sbin/reboot

[sudo] password for trixie:
Sorry, user trixie is not allowed to execute '/usr/sbin/reboot' as root on localhost.
# denied as setting
[4] Transfer some commands with root privilege to users in a group.
root@localhost:~#
# add alias for the kind of user management commands

# Cmnd alias specification
Cmnd_Alias USERMGR = /usr/sbin/adduser, /usr/sbin/useradd, /usr/sbin/newusers, \
/usr/sbin/deluser, /usr/sbin/userdel, /usr/sbin/usermod, /usr/bin/passwd

# add to the end
%usermgr   ALL=(ALL:ALL) USERMGR

root@localhost:~#
groupadd usermgr

root@localhost:~#
usermod -aG usermgr trixie
# verify with user [trixie]

trixie@localhost:~$
sudo /usr/sbin/useradd testuser

trixie@localhost:~$
trixie@localhost:~$
sudo /usr/bin/passwd testuser

Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
# possible execute
[5] Transfer some specific commands with root privilege to a user.
root@localhost:~#
# add to the end : set specific commands to each user

fedora   ALL=(ALL:ALL) /usr/sbin/visudo
debian   ALL=(ALL:ALL) /usr/sbin/adduser, /usr/sbin/useradd, /usr/sbin/newusers, \
                       /usr/sbin/deluser, /usr/sbin/userdel, /usr/sbin/usermod, /usr/bin/passwd
ubuntu   ALL=(ALL:ALL) /usr/bin/vim

# verify with user [fedora]

fedora@localhost:~$
sudo /usr/sbin/visudo
# possible open and edit

## Sudoers allows particular users to run various commands as
## the root user, without needing the root password.
##
# verify with user [debian]

debian@localhost:~$
sudo /usr/sbin/userdel -r testuser

debian@localhost:~$    
# possible execute
# verify with user [ubuntu]

ubuntu@localhost:~$
sudo /usr/bin/vim /root/.profile
# possible open and edit

# ~/.profile: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells.
[6] It's possible to display Sudo logs on Journald like follows.
root@localhost:~#
journalctl -t sudo

Aug 10 18:20:48 debian sudo[1515]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname=root uid=1001 euid=0 tty=/dev/ttyS0 rus>
Aug 10 18:20:54 debian sudo[1515]:   trixie : TTY=ttyS0 ; PWD=/home/trixie ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/cat /etc/shadow
Aug 10 18:20:54 debian sudo[1515]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by root(uid=1001)
Aug 10 18:20:54 debian sudo[1515]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Aug 10 18:23:28 debian sudo[1545]:   trixie : TTY=ttyS0 ; PWD=/home/trixie ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/cat /etc/passwd
Aug 10 18:23:28 debian sudo[1545]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by root(uid=1001)
Aug 10 18:23:28 debian sudo[1545]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Aug 10 18:23:33 debian sudo[1549]:   trixie : TTY=ttyS0 ; PWD=/home/trixie ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/ls -l /root
Aug 10 18:23:33 debian sudo[1549]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by root(uid=1001)
Aug 10 18:23:33 debian sudo[1549]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
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