Restrict the use of su
I've restricted the use of su by creating an admin group
sudo groupadd admin
sudo usermod -a -G admin <YOUR ADMIN USERNAME>
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update --add root admin 4750 /bin/su
I've two sudo users and one of them belongs to this admin group. I realised the one who doens't belong to admin is able to edit /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride and change file permissions for that file using sudo. I tried to overcome this by
sudo chown "admin user":admin /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
sudo chmod 600 /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
but the user who doesn't belong to admin is still able to edit and change file permissions using sudo. How do I solve this?
permissions sudo security su
asked Jan 22 at 20:02
MikeyMikey
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I've restricted the use of su by creating an admin group
sudo groupadd admin
sudo usermod -a -G admin <YOUR ADMIN USERNAME>
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update --add root admin 4750 /bin/su
I've two sudo users and one of them belongs to this admin group. I realised the one who doens't belong to admin is able to edit /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride and change file permissions for that file using sudo. I tried to overcome this by
sudo chown "admin user":admin /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
sudo chmod 600 /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
but the user who doesn't belong to admin is still able to edit and change file permissions using sudo. How do I solve this?
permissions sudo security su
asked Jan 22 at 20:02
MikeyMikey
285
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When they are part of the sudo group they have that power if they are part of admin or not. Look into the sudoers instead where you can set certain sudo permissions to commands. help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers
– Terrance
Jan 22 at 20:13
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I've restricted the use of su by creating an admin group
sudo groupadd admin
sudo usermod -a -G admin <YOUR ADMIN USERNAME>
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update --add root admin 4750 /bin/su
I've two sudo users and one of them belongs to this admin group. I realised the one who doens't belong to admin is able to edit /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride and change file permissions for that file using sudo. I tried to overcome this by
sudo chown "admin user":admin /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
sudo chmod 600 /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
but the user who doesn't belong to admin is still able to edit and change file permissions using sudo. How do I solve this?
permissions sudo security su
asked Jan 22 at 20:02
MikeyMikey
285
I've restricted the use of su by creating an admin group
sudo groupadd admin
sudo usermod -a -G admin <YOUR ADMIN USERNAME>
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update --add root admin 4750 /bin/su
I've two sudo users and one of them belongs to this admin group. I realised the one who doens't belong to admin is able to edit /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride and change file permissions for that file using sudo. I tried to overcome this by
sudo chown "admin user":admin /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
sudo chmod 600 /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
but the user who doesn't belong to admin is still able to edit and change file permissions using sudo. How do I solve this?
permissions sudo security su
permissions sudo security su
asked Jan 22 at 20:02
MikeyMikey
285
asked Jan 22 at 20:02
MikeyMikey
285
edited Jan 22 at 23:00
Mikey
asked Jan 22 at 20:02
MikeyMikey
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asked Jan 22 at 20:02
MikeyMikey
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asked Jan 22 at 20:02
MikeyMikey
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When they are part of the sudo group they have that power if they are part of admin or not. Look into the sudoers instead where you can set certain sudo permissions to commands. help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers
– Terrance
Jan 22 at 20:13
add a comment |
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When they are part of the sudo group they have that power if they are part of admin or not. Look into the sudoers instead where you can set certain sudo permissions to commands. help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers
– Terrance
Jan 22 at 20:13
1
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When they are part of the sudo group they have that power if they are part of admin or not. Look into the sudoers instead where you can set certain sudo permissions to commands. help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers
– Terrance
Jan 22 at 20:13
When they are part of the sudo group they have that power if they are part of admin or not. Look into the sudoers instead where you can set certain sudo permissions to commands. help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers
– Terrance
Jan 22 at 20:13
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When they are part of the sudo group they have that power if they are part of admin or not. Look into the sudoers instead where you can set certain sudo permissions to commands. help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers
– Terrance
Jan 22 at 20:13