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diff --git a/doc/visudo.mdoc.in b/doc/visudo.mdoc.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000..278040b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/visudo.mdoc.in @@ -0,0 +1,457 @@ +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996,1998-2005, 2007-2020 +.\" Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@sudo.ws> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" Sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects +.\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force +.\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512. +.\" +.Dd August 27, 2020 +.Dt VISUDO @mansectsu@ +.Os Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@ +.Sh NAME +.Nm visudo +.Nd edit the sudoers file +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm visudo +.Op Fl chqsV +.Op Bo Fl f Bc Ar sudoers +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +edits the +.Em sudoers +file in a safe fashion, analogous to +.Xr vipw @mansectsu@ . +.Nm +locks the +.Em sudoers +file against multiple simultaneous edits, performs basic validity checks, +and checks for syntax errors before installing the edited file. +If the +.Em sudoers +file is currently being edited you will receive a message to try again later. +.Pp +.Nm +parses the +.Em sudoers +file after editing and will not save the changes if there is a syntax error. +Upon finding an error, +.Nm +will print a message stating the line number(s) +where the error occurred and the user will receive the +.Dq What now? +prompt. +At this point the user may enter +.Ql e +to re-edit the +.Em sudoers +file, +.Ql x +to exit without saving the changes, or +.Ql Q +to quit and save changes. +The +.Ql Q +option should be used with extreme caution because if +.Nm +believes there to be a syntax error, so will +.Nm sudo +and no one will be able to run +.Nm sudo +again until the error is fixed. +If +.Ql e +is typed to edit the +.Em sudoers +file after a syntax error has been detected, the cursor will be placed on +the line where the error occurred (if the editor supports this feature). +.Pp +There are two +.Em sudoers +settings that determine which editor +.Nm visudo +will run. +.Bl -tag -width 8n +.It editor +A colon +.Pq Ql :\& +separated list of editors allowed to be used with +.Nm . +.Nm +will choose the editor that matches the user's +.Ev SUDO_EDITOR , +.Ev VISUAL +or +.Ev EDITOR +environment variable if possible, or the first editor in the +list that exists and is executable. +Note that +.Nm sudo +does not preserve the +.Ev SUDO_EDITOR , +.Ev VISUAL +or +.Ev EDITOR +environment variables unless they are present in the +.Em env_keep +list or the +.Em env_reset +option is disabled in the +.Em sudoers +file. +The default editor path is +.Pa @editor@ +which can be set at compile time via the +.Li --with-editor +configure option. +.It env_editor +If set, +.Nm +will use the value of the +.Ev SUDO_EDITOR , +.Ev VISUAL +or +.Ev EDITOR +environment variables before falling back on the default editor list. +Note that +.Nm visudo +is typically run as root so this option may allow a user with +.Nm visudo +privileges to run arbitrary commands as root without logging. +An alternative is to place a colon-separated list of +.Dq safe +editors int the +.Em editor +variable. +.Nm +will then only use +.Ev SUDO_EDITOR , +.Ev VISUAL +or +.Ev EDITOR +if they match a value specified in +.Em editor . +If the +.Em env_reset +flag is enabled, the +.Ev SUDO_EDITOR , +.Ev VISUAL +and/or +.Ev EDITOR +environment variables must be present in the +.Em env_keep +list for the +.Em env_editor +flag to function when +.Nm +is invoked via +.Nm sudo . +The default value is +.Em @env_editor@ , +which can be set at compile time via the +.Li --with-env-editor +configure option. +.El +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl c , -check +Enable +.Em check-only +mode. +The existing +.Em sudoers +file (and any other files it includes) will be +checked for syntax errors. +If the path to the +.Em sudoers +file was not specified, +.Nm +will also check the file owner and mode. +A message will be printed to the standard output describing the status of +.Em sudoers +unless the +.Fl q +option was specified. +If the check completes successfully, +.Nm +will exit with a value of 0. +If an error is encountered, +.Nm +will exit with a value of 1. +.It Fl f Ar sudoers , Fl -file Ns = Ns Ar sudoers +Specify an alternate +.Em sudoers +file location, see below. +As of version 1.8.27, the +.Em sudoers +path can be specified without using the +.Fl f +option. +.It Fl h , -help +Display a short help message to the standard output and exit. +.It Fl q , -quiet +Enable +.Em quiet +mode. +In this mode details about syntax errors are not printed. +This option is only useful when combined with +the +.Fl c +option. +.It Fl s , -strict +Enable +.Em strict +checking of the +.Em sudoers +file. +If an alias is referenced but not actually defined +or if there is a cycle in an alias, +.Nm +will consider this a syntax error. +Note that it is not possible to differentiate between an +alias and a host name or user name that consists solely of uppercase +letters, digits, and the underscore +.Pq Ql _ +character. +.It Fl V , -version +Print the +.Nm +and +.Em sudoers +grammar versions and exit. +.El +.Pp +A +.Em sudoers +file may be specified instead of the default, +.Pa @sysconfdir@/sudoers . +The temporary file used is the specified +.Em sudoers +file with +.Dq \.tmp +appended to it. +In +.Em check-only +mode only, +.Ql - +may be used to indicate that +.Em sudoers +will be read from the standard input. +Because the policy is evaluated in its entirety, it is not sufficient +to check an individual +.Em sudoers +include file for syntax errors. +.Ss Debugging and sudoers plugin arguments +.Nm +versions 1.8.4 and higher support a flexible debugging framework +that is configured via +.Li Debug +lines in the +.Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ +file. +.Pp +Starting with +.Nm sudo +1.8.12, +.Nm +will also parse the arguments to the +.Em sudoers +plugin to override the default +.Em sudoers +path name, UID, GID and file mode. +These arguments, if present, should be listed after the path to the plugin +(i.e., after +.Pa sudoers.so ) . +Multiple arguments may be specified, separated by white space. +For example: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +Plugin sudoers_policy sudoers.so sudoers_mode=0400 +.Ed +.Pp +The following arguments are supported: +.Bl -tag -width 8n +.It sudoers_file=pathname +The +.Em sudoers_file +argument can be used to override the default path to the +.Em sudoers +file. +.It sudoers_uid=uid +The +.Em sudoers_uid +argument can be used to override the default owner of the sudoers file. +It should be specified as a numeric user-ID. +.It sudoers_gid=gid +The +.Em sudoers_gid +argument can be used to override the default group of the sudoers file. +It must be specified as a numeric group-ID (not a group name). +.It sudoers_mode=mode +The +.Em sudoers_mode +argument can be used to override the default file mode for the sudoers file. +It should be specified as an octal value. +.El +.Pp +For more information on configuring +.Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ , +please refer to its manual. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +The following environment variables may be consulted depending on +the value of the +.Em editor +and +.Em env_editor +.Em sudoers +settings: +.Bl -tag -width 15n +.It Ev SUDO_EDITOR +Invoked by +.Nm +as the editor to use +.It Ev VISUAL +Used by +.Nm +if +.Ev SUDO_EDITOR +is not set +.It Ev EDITOR +Used by +.Nm +if neither +.Ev SUDO_EDITOR +nor +.Ev VISUAL +is set +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width 24n +.It Pa @sysconfdir@/sudo.conf +Sudo front end configuration +.It Pa @sysconfdir@/sudoers +List of who can run what +.It Pa @sysconfdir@/sudoers.tmp +Default temporary file used by visudo +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +In addition to reporting +.Em sudoers +syntax errors, +.Nm +may produce the following messages: +.Bl -tag -width 4n +.It Li sudoers file busy, try again later. +Someone else is currently editing the +.Em sudoers +file. +.It Li @sysconfdir@/sudoers: Permission denied +You didn't run +.Nm +as root. +.It Li you do not exist in the passwd database +Your user-ID does not appear in the system passwd database. +.It Li Warning: {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias referenced but not defined +Either you are trying to use an undeclared {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias +or you have a user or host name listed that consists solely of +uppercase letters, digits, and the underscore +.Pq Ql _ +character. +In the latter case, you can ignore the warnings +.Po +.Nm sudo +will not complain +.Pc . +The message is prefixed with the path name of the +.Em sudoers +file and the line number where the undefined alias was used. +In +.Fl s +(strict) mode these are errors, not warnings. +.It Li Warning: unused {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias +The specified {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias was defined but never +used. +The message is prefixed with the path name of the +.Em sudoers +file and the line number where the unused alias was defined. +You may wish to comment out or remove the unused alias. +.It Li Warning: cycle in {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias +The specified {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias includes a reference to +itself, either directly or through an alias it includes. +The message is prefixed with the path name of the +.Em sudoers +file and the line number where the cycle was detected. +This is only a warning unless +.Nm +is run in +.Fl s +(strict) mode as +.Nm sudo +will ignore cycles when parsing +the +.Em sudoers +file. +.It Li unknown defaults entry \&"name\&" +The +.Em sudoers +file contains a +.Li Defaults +setting not recognized by +.Nm . +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr vi 1 , +.Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ , +.Xr sudoers @mansectform@ , +.Xr sudo @mansectsu@ , +.Xr vipw @mansectsu@ +.Sh AUTHORS +Many people have worked on +.Nm sudo +over the years; this version consists of code written primarily by: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.An Todd C. Miller +.Ed +.Pp +See the CONTRIBUTORS file in the +.Nm sudo +distribution (https://www.sudo.ws/contributors.html) for an +exhaustive list of people who have contributed to +.Nm sudo . +.Sh CAVEATS +There is no easy way to prevent a user from gaining a root shell if +the editor used by +.Nm +allows shell escapes. +.Sh BUGS +If you feel you have found a bug in +.Nm , +please submit a bug report at https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/ +.Sh SUPPORT +Limited free support is available via the sudo-users mailing list, +see https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-users to subscribe or +search the archives. +.Sh DISCLAIMER +.Nm +is provided +.Dq AS IS +and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited +to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a +particular purpose are disclaimed. +See the LICENSE file distributed with +.Nm sudo +or https://www.sudo.ws/license.html for complete details. |