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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. .\" .Dd July 10, 2023 .Dt SUDO_PLUGIN @mansectform@ .Os Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@ .Sh NAME .Nm sudo_plugin .Nd Sudo Plugin API .Sh DESCRIPTION Starting with version 1.8, .Nm sudo supports a plugin API for policy and session logging. Plugins may be compiled as dynamic shared objects (the default on systems that support them) or compiled statically into the .Nm sudo binary itself. By default, the .Nm sudoers plugin provides audit, security policy and I/O logging capabilities. Via the plugin API, .Nm sudo can be configured to use alternate plugins provided by third parties. The plugins to be used are specified in the .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ file. .Pp The API is versioned with a major and minor number. The minor version number is incremented when additions are made. The major number is incremented when incompatible changes are made. A plugin should be check the version passed to it and make sure that the major version matches. .Pp The plugin API is defined by the .In sudo_plugin.h header file. .Ss Policy plugin API A policy plugin must declare and populate a .Vt struct policy_plugin in the global scope. This structure contains pointers to the functions that implement the .Nm sudo policy checks. The name of the symbol should be specified in .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ along with a path to the plugin so that .Nm sudo can load it. .Bd -literal struct policy_plugin { #define SUDO_POLICY_PLUGIN 1 unsigned int type; /* always SUDO_POLICY_PLUGIN */ unsigned int version; /* always SUDO_API_VERSION */ int (*open)(unsigned int version, sudo_conv_t conversation, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char * const settings[], char * const user_info[], char * const user_env[], char * const plugin_options[], const char **errstr); void (*close)(int exit_status, int error); int (*show_version)(int verbose); int (*check_policy)(int argc, char * const argv[], char *env_add[], char **command_info[], char **argv_out[], char **user_env_out[], const char **errstr); int (*list)(int argc, char * const argv[], int verbose, const char *user, const char **errstr); int (*validate)(const char **errstr); void (*invalidate)(int rmcred); int (*init_session)(struct passwd *pwd, char **user_env[], const char **errstr); void (*register_hooks)(int version, int (*register_hook)(struct sudo_hook *hook)); void (*deregister_hooks)(int version, int (*deregister_hook)(struct sudo_hook *hook)); struct sudo_plugin_event * (*event_alloc)(void); }; .Ed .Pp A .Vt struct policy_plugin has the following fields: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa type The .Fa type field should always be set to SUDO_POLICY_PLUGIN. .It Fa version The .Fa version field should be set to .Dv SUDO_API_VERSION . .Pp This allows .Nm sudo to determine the API version the plugin was built against. .It Fa open .Bd -literal -compact int (*open)(unsigned int version, sudo_conv_t conversation, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char * const settings[], char * const user_info[], char * const user_env[], char * const plugin_options[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error. In the latter case, .Nm sudo will print a usage message before it exits. If an error occurs, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa version The version passed in by .Nm sudo allows the plugin to determine the major and minor version number of the plugin API supported by .Nm sudo . .It Fa conversation A pointer to the .Fn conversation function that can be used by the plugin to interact with the user (see .Sx Conversation API for details). Returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure. .It Fa sudo_plugin_printf A pointer to a .Fn printf Ns -style function that may be used to display informational or error messages (see .Sx Conversation API for details). Returns the number of characters printed on success and \-1 on failure. .It Fa settings A vector of user-supplied .Nm sudo settings in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. These settings correspond to options the user specified when running .Nm sudo . As such, they will only be present when the corresponding option has been specified on the command line. .Pp When parsing .Fa settings , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp The following values may be set by .Nm sudo : .Bl -tag -width 4n .It bsdauth_type=string Authentication type, if specified by the .Fl a option, to use on systems where .Bx authentication is supported. .It closefrom=number If specified, the user has requested via the .Fl C option that .Nm sudo close all files descriptors with a value of .Em number or higher. The plugin may optionally pass this, or another value, back in the .Fa command_info list. .It cmnd_chroot=string The root directory (see .Xr chroot 2 ) to run the command in, as specified by the user via the .Fl R option. The plugin may ignore or restrict the user's ability to specify a new root directory. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It cmnd_cwd=string The working directory to run the command in, as specified by the user via the .Fl D option. The plugin may ignore or restrict the user's ability to specify a new working directory. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It debug_flags=string A debug file path name followed by a space and a comma-separated list of debug flags that correspond to the plugin's .Em Debug entry in .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ , if there is one. The flags are passed to the plugin exactly as they appear in .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ . The syntax used by .Nm sudo and the .Nm sudoers plugin is .Em subsystem Ns @ Ns Em priority but a plugin is free to use a different format so long as it does not include a comma .Pq Ql ,\& . Prior to .Nm sudo 1.8.12, there was no way to specify plugin-specific .Em debug_flags so the value was always the same as that used by the .Nm sudo front-end and did not include a path name, only the flags themselves. As of version 1.7 of the plugin interface, .Nm sudo will only pass .Em debug_flags if .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ contains a plugin-specific .Em Debug entry. .It ignore_ticket=bool Set to true if the user specified the .Fl k option along with a command, indicating that the user wishes to ignore any cached authentication credentials. .Em implied_shell to true. This allows .Nm sudo with no arguments to be used similarly to .Xr su 1 . If the plugin does not to support this usage, it may return a value of \-2 from the .Fn check_policy function, which will cause .Nm sudo to print a usage message and exit. .It implied_shell=bool If the user does not specify a program on the command line, .Nm sudo will pass the plugin the path to the user's shell and set .Em implied_shell . .It intercept_ptrace=bool Indicates whether or not the system supports intercept mode using .Xr ptrace 2 . This is currently only true for Linux systems that support .Xr seccomp 2 filtering and the .Dq trap action. Other systems will use a dynamic shared object to implement intercept. Only available starting with API version 1.19. .It intercept_setid=bool Indicates whether or not the system supports running set-user-ID and set-group-ID binaries in intercept mode. This is currently only true for Linux systems that support .Xr seccomp 2 filtering and the .Dq trap action. On systems that use a dynamic shared object to implement intercept, the dynamic linker (ld.so or the equivalent) will disable preloading of shared objects when executing a set-user-ID or set-group-ID binary. This will disable intercept mode for that program and any other programs that it executes. The policy plugin may refuse to execute a set-user-ID or set-group-ID binary in intercept mode to avoid this. Only available starting with API version 1.19. .It login_class=string .Bx login class to use when setting resource limits and nice value, if specified by the .Fl c option. .It login_shell=bool Set to true if the user specified the .Fl i option, indicating that the user wishes to run a login shell. .It max_groups=int The maximum number of groups a user may belong to. This will only be present if there is a corresponding setting in .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ . .It network_addrs=list A space-separated list of IP network addresses and netmasks in the form .Dq addr/netmask , e.g., .Dq 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0 . The address and netmask pairs may be either IPv4 or IPv6, depending on what the operating system supports. If the address contains a colon .Pq Ql :\& , it is an IPv6 address, else it is IPv4. .It noninteractive=bool Set to true if the user specified the .Fl n option, indicating that .Nm sudo should operate in non-interactive mode. The plugin may reject a command run in non-interactive mode if user interaction is required. .It plugin_dir=string The default plugin directory used by the .Nm sudo front-end. This is the default directory set at compile time and may not correspond to the directory the running plugin was loaded from. It may be used by a plugin to locate support files. .It plugin_path=string The path name of plugin loaded by the .Nm sudo front-end. The path name will be a fully-qualified unless the plugin was statically compiled into .Nm sudo . .It preserve_environment=bool Set to true if the user specified the .Fl E option, indicating that the user wishes to preserve the environment. .It preserve_groups=bool Set to true if the user specified the .Fl P option, indicating that the user wishes to preserve the group vector instead of setting it based on the runas user. .It progname=string The command name that sudo was run as, typically .Dq sudo or .Dq sudoedit . .It prompt=string The prompt to use when requesting a password, if specified via the .Fl p option. .It remote_host=string The name of the remote host to run the command on, if specified via the .Fl h option. Support for running the command on a remote host is meant to be implemented via a helper program that is executed in place of the user-specified command. The .Nm sudo front-end is only capable of executing commands on the local host. Only available starting with API version 1.4. .It run_shell=bool Set to true if the user specified the .Fl s option, indicating that the user wishes to run a shell. .It runas_group=string The group name or group-ID to run the command as, if specified via the .Fl g option. .It runas_user=string The user name or user-ID to run the command as, if specified via the .Fl u option. .It selinux_role=string SELinux role to use when executing the command, if specified by the .Fl r option. .It selinux_type=string SELinux type to use when executing the command, if specified by the .Fl t option. .It set_home=bool Set to true if the user specified the .Fl H option. If true, set the .Ev HOME environment variable to the target user's home directory. .It sudoedit=bool Set to true when the .Fl e option is specified or if invoked as .Nm sudoedit . The plugin shall substitute an editor into .Fa argv in the .Fn check_policy function or return \-2 with a usage error if the plugin does not support .Em sudoedit . For more information, see the .Fn check_policy section. .It timeout=string Command timeout specified by the user via the .Fl T option. Not all plugins support command timeouts and the ability of the user to set a timeout may be restricted by policy. The format of the timeout string is plugin-specific. .It update_ticket=bool Set to false if the user specified the .Fl N option, indicating that the user wishes to avoid updating any cached authentication credentials. Only available starting with API version 1.20. .El .Pp Additional settings may be added in the future so the plugin should silently ignore settings that it does not recognize. .It Fa user_info A vector of information about the user running the command in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa user_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp The following values may be set by .Nm sudo : .Bl -tag -width 4n .It cols=int The number of columns the user's terminal supports. If there is no terminal device available, a default value of 80 is used. .It cwd=string The user's current working directory. .It egid=gid_t The effective group-ID of the user invoking .Nm sudo . .It euid=uid_t The effective user-ID of the user invoking .Nm sudo . .It gid=gid_t The real group-ID of the user invoking .Nm sudo . .It groups=list The user's supplementary group list formatted as a string of comma-separated group-IDs. .It host=string The local machine's hostname as returned by the .Xr gethostname 2 system call. .It lines=int The number of lines the user's terminal supports. If there is no terminal device available, a default value of 24 is used. .It pgid=int The ID of the process group that the running .Nm sudo process is a member of. Only available starting with API version 1.2. .It pid=int The process ID of the running .Nm sudo process. Only available starting with API version 1.2. .It ppid=int The parent process ID of the running .Nm sudo process. Only available starting with API version 1.2. .It rlimit_as=soft,hard The maximum size to which the process's address space may grow (in bytes), if supported by the operating system. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_core=soft,hard The largest size core dump file that may be created (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_cpu=soft,hard The maximum amount of CPU time that the process may use (in seconds). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_data=soft,hard The maximum size of the data segment for the process (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_fsize=soft,hard The largest size file that the process may create (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_locks=soft,hard The maximum number of locks that the process may establish, if supported by the operating system. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_memlock=soft,hard The maximum size that the process may lock in memory (in bytes), if supported by the operating system. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_nofile=soft,hard The maximum number of files that the process may have open. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_nproc=soft,hard The maximum number of processes that the user may run simultaneously. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_rss=soft,hard The maximum size to which the process's resident set size may grow (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It rlimit_stack=soft,hard The maximum size to which the process's stack may grow (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. Only available starting with API version 1.16. .It sid=int The session ID of the running .Nm sudo process or 0 if .Nm sudo is not part of a POSIX job control session. Only available starting with API version 1.2. .It tcpgid=int The ID of the foreground process group associated with the terminal device associated with the .Nm sudo process or 0 if there is no terminal present. Only available starting with API version 1.2. .It tty=string The path to the user's terminal device. If the user has no terminal device associated with the session, the value will be empty, as in .Ql tty= . .It uid=uid_t The real user-ID of the user invoking .Nm sudo . .It umask=octal The invoking user's file creation mask. Only available starting with API version 1.10. .It user=string The name of the user invoking .Nm sudo . .El .It Fa user_env The user's environment in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated vector of .Dq name=value strings. .Pp When parsing .Fa user_env , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .It Fa plugin_options Any (non-comment) strings immediately after the plugin path are passed as arguments to the plugin. These arguments are split on a white space boundary and are passed to the plugin in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated array of strings. If no arguments were specified, .Fa plugin_options will be the .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp The .Fa plugin_options parameter is only available starting with API version 1.2. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa plugin_options . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn open function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa close .Bd -literal -compact void (*close)(int exit_status, int error); .Ed .Pp The .Fn close function is called when .Nm sudo is finished, shortly before it exits. Starting with API version 1.15, .Fn close is called regardless of whether or not a command was actually executed. This makes it possible for plugins to perform cleanup even when a command was not run. It is not possible to tell whether a command was run based solely on the arguments passed to the .Fn close function. To determine if a command was actually run, the plugin must keep track of whether or not the .Fn check_policy function returned successfully. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa exit_status The command's exit status, as returned by the .Xr wait 2 system call, or zero if no command was run. The value of .Fa exit_status is undefined if .Fa error is non-zero. .It Fa error If the command could not be executed, this is set to the value of .Va errno set by the .Xr execve 2 system call. The plugin is responsible for displaying error information via the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function. If the command was successfully executed, the value of .Fa error is zero. .El .Pp If no .Fn close function is defined, no I/O logging plugins are loaded, and neither the .Em timeout nor .Em use_pty options are set in the .Fa command_info list, the .Nm sudo front-end may execute the command directly instead of running it as a child process. .It Fa show_version .Bd -literal -compact int (*show_version)(int verbose); .Ed .Pp The .Fn show_version function is called by .Nm sudo when the user specifies the .Fl V option. The plugin may display its version information to the user via the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function using .Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG . If the user requests detailed version information, the .Fa verbose flag will be non-zero. .Pp Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error, although the return value is currently ignored. .It Fa check_policy .Bd -literal -compact int (*check_policy)(int argc, char * const argv[], char *env_add[], char **command_info[], char **argv_out[], char **user_env_out[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn check_policy function is called by .Nm sudo to determine whether the user is allowed to run the specified commands. .Pp If the .Em sudoedit option was enabled in the .Fa settings array passed to the .Fn open function, the user has requested .Em sudoedit mode. .Em sudoedit is a mechanism for editing one or more files where an editor is run with the user's credentials instead of with elevated privileges. .Nm sudo achieves this by creating user-writable temporary copies of the files to be edited and then overwriting the originals with the temporary copies after editing is complete. If the plugin supports .Em sudoedit , it must set .Em sudoedit=true in the .Fa command_info list. The plugin is responsible for choosing the editor to be used, potentially from a variable in the user's environment, such as .Ev EDITOR , and should be stored in .Fa argv_out (environment variables may include command line options). The files to be edited should be copied from .Fa argv to .Fa argv_out , separated from the editor and its arguments by a .Ql -- element. The .Ql -- will be removed by .Nm sudo before the editor is executed. The plugin may also set .Em sudoedit_nfiles to the number of files to be edited in the .Fa command_info list; this will only be used by the .Nm sudo front-end starting with API version 1.21. .Pp The .Fn check_policy function returns 1 if the command is allowed, 0 if not allowed, \-1 for a general error, or \-2 for a usage error or if .Em sudoedit was specified but is unsupported by the plugin. In the latter case, .Nm sudo will print a usage message before it exits. If an error occurs, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa argc The number of elements in .Fa argv , not counting the final .Dv NULL pointer. .It Fa argv The argument vector describing the command the user wishes to run, in the same form as what would be passed to the .Xr execve 2 system call. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .It Fa env_add Additional environment variables specified by the user on the command line in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated vector of .Dq name=value strings. The plugin may reject the command if one or more variables are not allowed to be set, or it may silently ignore such variables. .Pp When parsing .Fa env_add , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .It Fa command_info Information about the command being run in the form of .Dq name=value strings. These values are used by .Nm sudo to set the execution environment when running a command. The plugin is responsible for creating and populating the vector, which must be terminated with a .Dv NULL pointer. The following values are recognized by .Nm sudo : .Bl -tag -width 4n .It apparmor_profile=string AppArmor profile to transition to when executing the command. Only available starting with API version 1.19. .It chroot=string The root directory to use when running the command. .It closefrom=number If specified, .Nm sudo will close all files descriptors with a value of .Em number or higher. .It command=string Fully qualified path to the command to be executed. .It cwd=string The current working directory to change to when executing the command. If .Nm sudo is unable to change to the new working directory, the command will not be run unless .Em cwd_optional is also set (see below). .It cwd_optional=bool If set, .Nm sudo will treat an inability to change to the new working directory as a non-fatal error. This setting has no effect unless .Em cwd is also set. .It exec_background=bool By default, .Nm sudo runs a command as the foreground process as long as .Nm sudo itself is running in the foreground. When .Em exec_background is enabled and the command is being run in a pseudo-terminal (due to I/O logging or the .Em use_pty setting), the command will be run as a background process. Attempts to read from the controlling terminal (or to change terminal settings) will result in the command being suspended with the .Dv SIGTTIN signal (or .Dv SIGTTOU in the case of terminal settings). If this happens when .Nm sudo is a foreground process, the command will be granted the controlling terminal and resumed in the foreground with no user intervention required. The advantage of initially running the command in the background is that .Nm sudo need not read from the terminal unless the command explicitly requests it. Otherwise, any terminal input must be passed to the command, whether it has required it or not (the kernel buffers terminals so it is not possible to tell whether the command really wants the input). This is different from historic .Nm sudo behavior or when the command is not being run in a pseudo-terminal. .Pp For this to work seamlessly, the operating system must support the automatic restarting of system calls. Unfortunately, not all operating systems do this by default, and even those that do may have bugs. For example, macOS fails to restart the .Fn tcgetattr and .Fn tcsetattr system calls (this is a bug in macOS). Furthermore, because this behavior depends on the command stopping with the .Dv SIGTTIN or .Dv SIGTTOU signals, programs that catch these signals and suspend themselves with a different signal (usually .Dv SIGTOP ) will not be automatically foregrounded. Some versions of the linux .Xr su 1 command behave this way. Because of this, a plugin should not set .Em exec_background unless it is explicitly enabled by the administrator and there should be a way to enabled or disable it on a per-command basis. .Pp This setting has no effect unless I/O logging is enabled or .Em use_pty is enabled. .It execfd=number If specified, .Nm sudo will use the .Xr fexecve 2 system call to execute the command instead of .Xr execve 2 . The specified .Em number must refer to an open file descriptor. .It intercept=bool If set, .Nm sudo will intercept attempts to execute a subsequent command and perform a policy check via the policy plugin's .Fn check_policy function to determine whether or not the command is permitted. This can be used to prevent shell escapes on supported platforms but it has a number of limitations. See .Sy Preventing shell escapes in .Xr sudoers @mansectform@ for details. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It intercept_verify=bool If set, .Nm sudo will attempt to verify that a command run in intercept mode has the expected path name, command line arguments and environment. This setting has no effect unless .Em use_ptrace is also enabled. Only available starting with API version 1.20. .It iolog_compress=bool Set to true if the I/O logging plugins, if any, should compress the log data. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It iolog_group=string The group that will own newly created I/O log files and directories. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It iolog_mode=octal The file permission mode to use when creating I/O log files and directories. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It iolog_user=string The user that will own newly created I/O log files and directories. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It iolog_path=string Fully qualified path to the file or directory in which I/O log is to be stored. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. If no I/O logging plugin is loaded, this setting has no effect. .It iolog_stdin=bool Set to true if the I/O logging plugins, if any, should log the standard input if it is not connected to a terminal device. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It iolog_stdout=bool Set to true if the I/O logging plugins, if any, should log the standard output if it is not connected to a terminal device. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It iolog_stderr=bool Set to true if the I/O logging plugins, if any, should log the standard error if it is not connected to a terminal device. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It iolog_ttyin=bool Set to true if the I/O logging plugins, if any, should log all terminal input. This only includes input typed by the user and not from a pipe or redirected from a file. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It iolog_ttyout=bool Set to true if the I/O logging plugins, if any, should log all terminal output. This only includes output to the screen, not output to a pipe or file. This is a hint to the I/O logging plugin which may choose to ignore it. .It login_class=string .Bx login class to use when setting resource limits and nice value (optional). This option is only set on systems that support login classes. .It nice=int Nice value (priority) to use when executing the command. The nice value, if specified, overrides the priority associated with the .Em login_class on .Bx systems. .It log_subcmds=bool If set, .Nm sudo will call the audit plugin's .Fn accept function to log when the command runs a subsequent command, if supported by the system. If .Em intercept is also specified, .Em log_subcmds will be ignored. See .Sy Preventing shell escapes in .Xr sudoers @mansectform@ for more information. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It noexec=bool If set, prevent the command from executing other programs. .It preserve_fds=list A comma-separated list of file descriptors that should be preserved, regardless of the value of the .Em closefrom setting. Only available starting with API version 1.5. .It preserve_groups=bool If set, .Nm sudo will preserve the user's group vector instead of initializing the group vector based on .Em runas_user . .It rlimit_as=soft,hard The maximum size to which the process's address space may grow (in bytes), if supported by the operating system. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_core=soft,hard The largest size core dump file that may be created (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_cpu=soft,hard The maximum amount of CPU time that the process may use (in seconds). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_data=soft,hard The maximum size of the data segment for the process (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_fsize=soft,hard The largest size file that the process may create (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_locks=soft,hard The maximum number of locks that the process may establish, if supported by the operating system. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_memlock=soft,hard The maximum size that the process may lock in memory (in bytes), if supported by the operating system. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_nofile=soft,hard The maximum number of files that the process may have open. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_nproc=soft,hard The maximum number of processes that the user may run simultaneously. The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_rss=soft,hard The maximum size to which the process's resident set size may grow (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It rlimit_stack=soft,hard The maximum size to which the process's stack may grow (in bytes). The soft and hard limits are separated by a comma. If only a single value is specified, both the hard and soft limits are set. A value of .Dq infinity indicates that there is no limit. A value of .Dq user will cause the invoking user's resource limit to be preserved. A value of .Dq default will cause the target user's default resource limit to be used on systems that allow per-user resource limits to be configured. Only available starting with API version 1.18. .It runas_egid=gid Effective group-ID to run the command as. If not specified, the value of .Em runas_gid is used. .It runas_euid=uid Effective user-ID to run the command as. If not specified, the value of .Em runas_uid is used. .It runas_gid=gid Group-ID to run the command as. .It runas_group=string The name of the group the command will run as, if it is different from the .Em runas_user Ns 's default group. This value is provided for auditing purposes only, the .Nm sudo front-end uses .Em runas_egid and .Em runas_gid when executing the command. .It runas_groups=list The supplementary group vector to use for the command in the form of a comma-separated list of group-IDs. If .Em preserve_groups is set, this option is ignored. .It runas_uid=uid User-ID to run the command as. .It runas_user=string The name of the user the command will run as, which should correspond to .Em runas_euid (or .Em runas_uid if .Em runas_euid is not set). This value is provided for auditing purposes only, the .Nm sudo front-end uses .Em runas_euid and .Em runas_uid when executing the command. .It selinux_role=string SELinux role to use when executing the command. .It selinux_type=string SELinux type to use when executing the command. .It set_utmp=bool Create a utmp (or utmpx) entry when a pseudo-terminal is allocated. By default, the new entry will be a copy of the user's existing utmp entry (if any), with the tty, time, type, and pid fields updated. .It sudoedit=bool Set to true when in .Em sudoedit mode. The plugin may enable .Em sudoedit mode even if .Nm sudo was not invoked as .Nm sudoedit . This allows the plugin to perform command substitution and transparently enable .Em sudoedit when the user attempts to run an editor. .It sudoedit_checkdir=bool Set to false to disable directory writability checks in .Nm sudoedit . By default, .Nm sudoedit 1.8.16 and higher will check all directory components of the path to be edited for writability by the invoking user. Symbolic links will not be followed in writable directories and .Nm sudoedit will refuse to edit a file located in a writable directory. These restrictions are not enforced when .Nm sudoedit is run by root. The .Em sudoedit_checkdir option can be set to false to disable this check. Only available starting with API version 1.8. .It sudoedit_follow=bool Set to true to allow .Nm sudoedit to edit files that are symbolic links. By default, .Nm sudoedit 1.8.15 and higher will refuse to open a symbolic link. The .Em sudoedit_follow option can be used to restore the older behavior and allow .Nm sudoedit to open symbolic links. Only available starting with API version 1.8. .It sudoedit_nfiles=number The number of files to be edited by the user. If present, this is will be used by the .Nm sudo front-end to determine which elements of the .Fa argv_out vector are files to be edited. The .Ql -- element must immediately precede the first file to be editied. If .Em sudoedit_nfiles is not specified, the .Nm sudo front-end will use the position of the .Ql -- element to determine where the file list begins. Only available starting with API version 1.21. .It timeout=int Command timeout. If non-zero then when the timeout expires the command will be killed. .It umask=octal The file creation mask to use when executing the command. This value may be overridden by PAM or login.conf on some systems unless the .Em umask_override option is also set. .It umask_override=bool Force the value specified by the .Em umask option to override any umask set by PAM or login.conf. .It use_ptrace=bool If set, .Nm sudo will use .Xr ptrace 2 to implement intercept mode if supported by the system. This setting has no effect unless .Em intercept is also set. Only available starting with API version 1.19. .It use_pty=bool Allocate a pseudo-terminal to run the command in, regardless of whether or not I/O logging is in use. By default, .Nm sudo will only run the command in a pseudo-terminal when an I/O log plugin is loaded. .It utmp_user=string User name to use when constructing a new utmp (or utmpx) entry when .Em set_utmp is enabled. This option can be used to set the user field in the utmp entry to the user the command runs as rather than the invoking user. If not set, .Nm sudo will base the new entry on the invoking user's existing entry. .El .Pp Unsupported values will be ignored. .It Fa argv_out The .Dv NULL Ns -terminated argument vector to pass to the .Xr execve 2 system call when executing the command. The plugin is responsible for allocating and populating the vector. .It Fa user_env_out The .Dv NULL Ns -terminated environment vector to use when executing the command. The plugin is responsible for allocating and populating the vector. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn check_policy function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa list .Bd -literal -compact int (*list)(int argc, char * const argv[], int verbose, const char *user, const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp List available privileges for the invoking user. Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, and \-1 on error. On error, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp Privileges should be output via the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function using .Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG . .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa argc The number of elements in .Fa argv , not counting the final .Dv NULL pointer. .It Fa argv If .No non- Ns Dv NULL , an argument vector describing a command the user wishes to check against the policy in the same form as what would be passed to the .Xr execve 2 system call. If the command is permitted by the policy, the fully-qualified path to the command should be displayed along with any command line arguments. .It Fa verbose Flag indicating whether to list in verbose mode or not. .It Fa user The name of a different user to list privileges for if the policy allows it. If .Dv NULL , the plugin should list the privileges of the invoking user. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn list function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa validate .Bd -literal -compact int (*validate)(const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn validate function is called when .Nm sudo is run with the .Fl v option. For policy plugins such as .Nm sudoers that cache authentication credentials, this function will validate and cache the credentials. .Pp The .Fn validate function should be .Dv NULL if the plugin does not support credential caching. .Pp Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, and \-1 on error. On error, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Va errstr If the .Fn validate function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa invalidate .Bd -literal -compact void (*invalidate)(int rmcred); .Ed .Pp The .Fn invalidate function is called when .Nm sudo is run with the .Fl k or .Fl K option. For policy plugins such as .Nm sudoers that cache authentication credentials, this function will invalidate the credentials. If the .Fa rmcred flag is non-zero, the plugin may remove the credentials instead of simply invalidating them. .Pp The .Fn invalidate function should be .Dv NULL if the plugin does not support credential caching. .It Fa init_session .Bd -literal -compact int (*init_session)(struct passwd *pwd, char **user_env[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn init_session function is called before .Nm sudo sets up the execution environment for the command. It is run in the parent .Nm sudo process before any user-ID or group-ID changes. This can be used to perform session setup that is not supported by .Fa command_info , such as opening the PAM session. The .Fn close function can be used to tear down the session that was opened by .Fn init_session . .Pp Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, and \-1 on error. On error, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa pwd If the user-ID the command will run as was found in the password database, .Fa pwd will describe that user, otherwise it will be .Dv NULL . .It Fa user_env_out The .Dv NULL Ns -terminated environment vector to use when executing the command. This is the same string passed back to the front-end via the Policy Plugin's .Fa user_env_out parameter. If the .Fn init_session function needs to modify the user environment, it should update the pointer stored in .Fa user_env_out . The expected use case is to merge the contents of the PAM environment (if any) with the contents of .Fa user_env_out . The .Fa user_env_out parameter is only available starting with API version 1.2. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa user_env_out . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn init_session function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa register_hooks .Bd -literal -compact void (*register_hooks)(int version, int (*register_hook)(struct sudo_hook *hook)); .Ed .Pp The .Fn register_hooks function is called by the sudo front-end to register any hooks the plugin needs. If the plugin does not support hooks, .Fa register_hooks should be set to the .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp The .Fa version argument describes the version of the hooks API supported by the .Nm sudo front-end. .Pp The .Fn register_hook function should be used to register any supported hooks the plugin needs. It returns 0 on success, 1 if the hook type is not supported, and \-1 if the major version in .Vt struct sudo_hook does not match the front-end's major hook API version. .Pp See the .Sx Hook function API section below for more information about hooks. .Pp The .Fn register_hooks function is only available starting with API version 1.2. If the .Nm sudo front-end doesn't support API version 1.2 or higher, .Fn register_hooks will not be called. .It Fa deregister_hooks .Bd -literal -compact void (*deregister_hooks)(int version, int (*deregister_hook)(struct sudo_hook *hook)); .Ed .Pp The .Fn deregister_hooks function is called by the sudo front-end to deregister any hooks the plugin has registered. If the plugin does not support hooks, .Fa deregister_hooks should be set to the .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp The .Fa version argument describes the version of the hooks API supported by the .Nm sudo front-end. .Pp The .Fn deregister_hook function should be used to deregister any hooks that were put in place by the .Fn register_hook function. If the plugin tries to deregister a hook that the front-end does not support, .Fn deregister_hook will return an error. .Pp See the .Sx Hook function API section below for more information about hooks. .Pp The .Fn deregister_hooks function is only available starting with API version 1.2. If the .Nm sudo front-end doesn't support API version 1.2 or higher, .Fn deregister_hooks will not be called. .It Fa event_alloc .Bd -literal -compact struct sudo_plugin_event * (*event_alloc)(void); .Ed .Pp The .Fn event_alloc function is used to allocate a .Vt struct sudo_plugin_event which provides access to the main .Nm sudo event loop. Unlike the other fields, the .Fa event_alloc pointer is filled in by the .Nm sudo front-end, not by the plugin. .Pp See the .Sx Event API section below for more information about events. .Pp The .Fn event_alloc function is only available starting with API version 1.15. If the .Nm sudo front-end doesn't support API version 1.15 or higher, .Fa event_alloc will not be set. .El .Pp .Em Policy Plugin Version Macros .Bd -literal /* Plugin API version major/minor. */ #define SUDO_API_VERSION_MAJOR 1 #define SUDO_API_VERSION_MINOR 13 #define SUDO_API_MKVERSION(x, y) ((x << 16) | y) #define SUDO_API_VERSION SUDO_API_MKVERSION(SUDO_API_VERSION_MAJOR,\e SUDO_API_VERSION_MINOR) /* Getters and setters for API version */ #define SUDO_API_VERSION_GET_MAJOR(v) ((v) >> 16) #define SUDO_API_VERSION_GET_MINOR(v) ((v) & 0xffff) #define SUDO_API_VERSION_SET_MAJOR(vp, n) do { \e *(vp) = (*(vp) & 0x0000ffff) | ((n) << 16); \e } while(0) #define SUDO_API_VERSION_SET_MINOR(vp, n) do { \e *(vp) = (*(vp) & 0xffff0000) | (n); \e } while(0) .Ed .Ss I/O plugin API .Bd -literal struct io_plugin { #define SUDO_IO_PLUGIN 2 unsigned int type; /* always SUDO_IO_PLUGIN */ unsigned int version; /* always SUDO_API_VERSION */ int (*open)(unsigned int version, sudo_conv_t conversation, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char * const settings[], char * const user_info[], char * const command_info[], int argc, char * const argv[], char * const user_env[], char * const plugin_options[], const char **errstr); void (*close)(int exit_status, int error); /* wait status or error */ int (*show_version)(int verbose); int (*log_ttyin)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); int (*log_ttyout)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); int (*log_stdin)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); int (*log_stdout)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); int (*log_stderr)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); void (*register_hooks)(int version, int (*register_hook)(struct sudo_hook *hook)); void (*deregister_hooks)(int version, int (*deregister_hook)(struct sudo_hook *hook)); int (*change_winsize)(unsigned int lines, unsigned int cols, const char **errstr); int (*log_suspend)(int signo, const char **errstr); struct sudo_plugin_event * (*event_alloc)(void); }; .Ed .Pp When an I/O plugin is loaded, .Nm sudo runs the command in a pseudo-terminal. This makes it possible to log the input and output from the user's session. If any of the standard input, standard output, or standard error do not correspond to a tty, .Nm sudo will open a pipe to capture the I/O for logging before passing it on. .Pp The .Fn log_ttyin function receives the raw user input from the terminal device (this will include input even when echo is disabled, such as when a password is read). The .Fn log_ttyout function receives output from the pseudo-terminal that is suitable for replaying the user's session at a later time. The .Fn log_stdin , .Fn log_stdout , and .Fn log_stderr functions are only called if the standard input, standard output, or standard error respectively correspond to something other than a tty. .Pp Any of the logging functions may be set to the .Dv NULL pointer if no logging is to be performed. If the open function returns 0, no I/O will be sent to the plugin. .Pp If a logging function returns an error .Pq \-1 , the running command will be terminated and all of the plugin's logging functions will be disabled. Other I/O logging plugins will still receive any remaining input or output that has not yet been processed. .Pp If an input logging function rejects the data by returning 0, the command will be terminated and the data will not be passed to the command, though it will still be sent to any other I/O logging plugins. If an output logging function rejects the data by returning 0, the command will be terminated and the data will not be written to the terminal, though it will still be sent to any other I/O logging plugins. .Pp A .Vt struct audit_plugin has the following fields: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa type The .Fa type field should always be set to .Dv SUDO_IO_PLUGIN . .It Fa version The .Fa version field should be set to .Dv SUDO_API_VERSION . .Pp This allows .Nm sudo to determine the API version the plugin was built against. .It Fa open .Bd -literal -compact int (*open)(unsigned int version, sudo_conv_t conversation, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char * const settings[], char * const user_info[], char * const command_info[], int argc, char * const argv[], char * const user_env[], char * const plugin_options[]); .Ed .Pp The .Fn open function is run before the .Fn log_ttyin , .Fn log_ttyout , .Fn log_stdin , .Fn log_stdout , .Fn log_stderr , .Fn log_suspend , .Fn change_winsize , or .Fn show_version functions are called. It is only called if the version is being requested or if the policy plugin's .Fn check_policy function has returned successfully. It returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error. In the latter case, .Nm sudo will print a usage message before it exits. If an error occurs, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa version The version passed in by .Nm sudo allows the plugin to determine the major and minor version number of the plugin API supported by .Nm sudo . .It Fa conversation A pointer to the .Fn conversation function that may be used by the .Fn Fa show_version function to display version information (see .Fn show_version below). The .Fn conversation function may also be used to display additional error message to the user. The .Fn conversation function returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure. .It Fa sudo_plugin_printf A pointer to a .Fn printf Ns -style function that may be used by the .Fn show_version function to display version information (see show_version below). The .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function may also be used to display additional error message to the user. The .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function returns number of characters printed on success and \-1 on failure. .It Fa settings A vector of user-supplied .Nm sudo settings in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. These settings correspond to options the user specified when running .Nm sudo . As such, they will only be present when the corresponding option has been specified on the command line. .Pp When parsing .Fa settings , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible settings. .It Fa user_info A vector of information about the user running the command in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa user_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible strings. .It Fa command_info A vector of information describing the command being run in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa command_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible strings. .It Fa argc The number of elements in .Fa argv , not counting the final .Dv NULL pointer. It can be zero, such as when .Nm sudo is called with the .Fl V option. .It Fa argv If .No non- Ns Dv NULL , an argument vector describing a command the user wishes to run in the same form as what would be passed to the .Xr execve 2 system call. .It Fa user_env The user's environment in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated vector of .Dq name=value strings. .Pp When parsing .Fa user_env , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .It Fa plugin_options Any (non-comment) strings immediately after the plugin path are treated as arguments to the plugin. These arguments are split on a white space boundary and are passed to the plugin in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated array of strings. If no arguments were specified, .Fa plugin_options will be the .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp The .Fa plugin_options parameter is only available starting with API version 1.2. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa plugin_options . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn open function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa close .Bd -literal -compact void (*close)(int exit_status, int error); .Ed .Pp The .Fn close function is called when .Nm sudo is finished, shortly before it exits. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa exit_status The command's exit status, as returned by the .Xr wait 2 system call, or zero if no command was run. The value of .Fa exit_status is undefined if .Fa error is non-zero. .It Fa error If the command could not be executed, this is set to the value of .Va errno set by the .Xr execve 2 system call. If the command was successfully executed, the value of .Fa error is zero. .El .It Fa show_version .Bd -literal -compact int (*show_version)(int verbose); .Ed .Pp The .Fn show_version function is called by .Nm sudo when the user specifies the .Fl V option. The plugin may display its version information to the user via the .Fn conversation or .Fn sudo_plugin_printf function using .Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG . If the user requests detailed version information, the .Fa verbose flag will be non-zero. .Pp Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error, although the return value is currently ignored. .It Fa log_ttyin .Bd -literal -compact int (*log_ttyin)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn log_ttyin function is called whenever data can be read from the user but before it is passed to the running command. This allows the plugin to reject data if it chooses to (for instance if the input contains banned content). Returns 1 if the data should be passed to the command, 0 if the data is rejected (which will terminate the running command), or \-1 if an error occurred. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa buf The buffer containing user input. .It Fa len The length of .Fa buf in bytes. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn log_ttyin function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa log_ttyout .Bd -literal -compact int (*log_ttyout)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn log_ttyout function is called whenever data can be read from the command but before it is written to the user's terminal. This allows the plugin to reject data if it chooses to (for instance if the output contains banned content). Returns 1 if the data should be passed to the user, 0 if the data is rejected (which will terminate the running command), or \-1 if an error occurred. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa buf The buffer containing command output. .It Fa len The length of .Fa buf in bytes. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn log_ttyout function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa log_stdin .Bd -literal -compact int (*log_stdin)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn log_stdin function is only used if the standard input does not correspond to a tty device. It is called whenever data can be read from the standard input but before it is passed to the running command. This allows the plugin to reject data if it chooses to (for instance if the input contains banned content). Returns 1 if the data should be passed to the command, 0 if the data is rejected (which will terminate the running command), or \-1 if an error occurred. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa buf The buffer containing user input. .It Fa len The length of .Fa buf in bytes. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn log_stdin function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa log_stdout .Bd -literal -compact int (*log_stdout)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn log_stdout function is only used if the standard output does not correspond to a tty device. It is called whenever data can be read from the command but before it is written to the standard output. This allows the plugin to reject data if it chooses to (for instance if the output contains banned content). Returns 1 if the data should be passed to the user, 0 if the data is rejected (which will terminate the running command), or \-1 if an error occurred. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa buf The buffer containing command output. .It Fa len The length of .Fa buf in bytes. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn log_stdout function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa log_stderr .Bd -literal -compact int (*log_stderr)(const char *buf, unsigned int len, const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn log_stderr function is only used if the standard error does not correspond to a tty device. It is called whenever data can be read from the command but before it is written to the standard error. This allows the plugin to reject data if it chooses to (for instance if the output contains banned content). Returns 1 if the data should be passed to the user, 0 if the data is rejected (which will terminate the running command), or \-1 if an error occurred. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa buf The buffer containing command output. .It Fa len The length of .Fa buf in bytes. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn log_stderr function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa register_hooks See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a description of .Fn register_hooks . .It Fa deregister_hooks See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a description of .Fn deregister_hooks . .It Fa change_winsize .Bd -literal -compact int (*change_winsize)(unsigned int lines, unsigned int cols, const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn change_winsize function is called whenever the window size of the terminal changes from the initial values specified in the .Fa user_info list. Returns \-1 if an error occurred, in which case no further calls to .Fn change_winsize will be made, .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa lines The number of lines (rows) in the re-sized terminal. .It Fa cols The number of columns in the re-sized terminal. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn change_winsize function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .El .It Fa log_suspend .Bd -literal -compact int (*log_suspend)(int signo, const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn log_suspend function is called whenever a command is suspended or resumed. Logging this information makes it possible to skip the period of time when the command was suspended during playback of a session. Returns \-1 if an error occurred, in which case no further calls to .Fn log_suspend will be made, .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa signo The signal that caused the command to be suspended, or .Dv SIGCONT if the command was resumed. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn log_suspend function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .Pp The .Fa errstr parameter is only available starting with API version 1.15. A plugin .Sy must check the API version specified by the .Nm sudo front-end before using .Fa errstr . Failure to do so may result in a crash. .It Fa event_alloc .Bd -literal -compact struct sudo_plugin_event * (*event_alloc)(void); .Ed .Pp The .Fn event_alloc function is used to allocate a .Vt struct sudo_plugin_event which provides access to the main .Nm sudo event loop. Unlike the other fields, the .Fn event_alloc pointer is filled in by the .Nm sudo front-end, not by the plugin. .Pp See the .Sx Event API section below for more information about events. .Pp The .Fn event_alloc function is only available starting with API version 1.15. If the .Nm sudo front-end doesn't support API version 1.15 or higher, .Fn event_alloc will not be set. .El .Pp .Em I/O Plugin Version Macros .Pp Same as for the .Sx Policy plugin API . .El .Ss Audit plugin API .Bd -literal /* Audit plugin close function status types. */ #define SUDO_PLUGIN_NO_STATUS 0 #define SUDO_PLUGIN_WAIT_STATUS 1 #define SUDO_PLUGIN_EXEC_ERROR 2 #define SUDO_PLUGIN_SUDO_ERROR 3 #define SUDO_AUDIT_PLUGIN 3 struct audit_plugin { unsigned int type; /* always SUDO_AUDIT_PLUGIN */ unsigned int version; /* always SUDO_API_VERSION */ int (*open)(unsigned int version, sudo_conv_t conversation, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char * const settings[], char * const user_info[], int submit_optind, char * const submit_argv[], char * const submit_envp[], char * const plugin_options[], const char **errstr); void (*close)(int status_type, int status); int (*accept)(const char *plugin_name, unsigned int plugin_type, char * const command_info[], char * const run_argv[], char * const run_envp[], const char **errstr); int (*reject)(const char *plugin_name, unsigned int plugin_type, const char *audit_msg, char * const command_info[], const char **errstr); int (*error)(const char *plugin_name, unsigned int plugin_type, const char *audit_msg, char * const command_info[], const char **errstr); int (*show_version)(int verbose); void (*register_hooks)(int version, int (*register_hook)(struct sudo_hook *hook)); void (*deregister_hooks)(int version, int (*deregister_hook)(struct sudo_hook *hook)); struct sudo_plugin_event * (*event_alloc)(void); } .Ed .Pp An audit plugin can be used to log successful and unsuccessful attempts to run .Nm sudo independent of the policy or any I/O plugins. Multiple audit plugins may be specified in .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ . .Pp A .Vt struct audit_plugin has the following fields: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa type The .Fa type field should always be set to .Dv SUDO_AUDIT_PLUGIN . .It Fa version The .Fa version field should be set to .Dv SUDO_API_VERSION . .Pp This allows .Nm sudo to determine the API version the plugin was built against. .It Fa open .Bd -literal -compact int (*open)(unsigned int version, sudo_conv_t conversation, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char * const settings[], char * const user_info[], int submit_optind, char * const submit_argv[], char * const submit_envp[], char * const plugin_options[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The audit .Fn open function is run before any other .Nm sudo plugin API functions. This makes it possible to audit failures in the other plugins. It returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error. In the latter case, .Nm sudo will print a usage message before it exits. If an error occurs, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa version The version passed in by .Nm sudo allows the plugin to determine the major and minor version number of the plugin API supported by .Nm sudo . .It Fa conversation A pointer to the .Fn conversation function that may be used by the .Fn show_version function to display version information (see .Fn show_version below). The .Fn conversation function may also be used to display additional error message to the user. The .Fn conversation function returns 0 on success, and \-1 on failure. .It Fa plugin_printf A pointer to a .Fn printf Ns -style function that may be used by the .Fn show_version function to display version information (see show_version below). The .Fn plugin_printf function may also be used to display additional error message to the user. The .Fn plugin_printf function returns number of characters printed on success and \-1 on failure. .It Fa settings A vector of user-supplied .Nm sudo settings in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. These settings correspond to options the user specified when running .Nm sudo . As such, they will only be present when the corresponding option has been specified on the command line. .Pp When parsing .Fa settings , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible settings. .It Fa user_info A vector of information about the user running the command in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa user_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible strings. .It Fa submit_optind The index into .Fa submit_argv that corresponds to the first entry that is not a command line option. If .Fa submit_argv only consists of options, which may be the case with the .Fl l or .Fl v options, .Fa submit_argv Ns [ Fa submit_optind ] will evaluate to the NULL pointer. .It Fa submit_argv The argument vector .Nm sudo was invoked with, including all command line options. The .Fa submit_optind argument can be used to determine the end of the command line options. .It Fa submit_envp The invoking user's environment in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated vector of .Dq name=value strings. .Pp When parsing .Fa submit_envp , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .It Fa plugin_options Any (non-comment) strings immediately after the plugin path are treated as arguments to the plugin. These arguments are split on a white space boundary and are passed to the plugin in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated array of strings. If no arguments were specified, .Fa plugin_options will be the .Dv NULL pointer. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn open function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .El .It Fa close .Bd -literal -compact void (*close)(int status_type, int status); .Ed .Pp The .Fn close function is called when .Nm sudo is finished, shortly before it exits. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa status_type The type of status being passed. One of .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_NO_STATUS , .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_WAIT_STATUS , .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EXEC_ERROR or .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_SUDO_ERROR . .It Fa status Depending on the value of .Fa status_type , this value is either ignored, the command's exit status as returned by the .Xr wait 2 system call, the value of .Va errno set by the .Xr execve 2 system call, or the value of .Va errno resulting from an error in the .Nm sudo front-end. .El .It Fa accept .Bd -literal -compact int (*accept)(const char *plugin_name, unsigned int plugin_type, char * const command_info[], char * const run_argv[], char * const run_envp[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn accept function is called when a command or action is accepted by a policy or approval plugin. The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa plugin_name The name of the plugin that accepted the command or .Dq sudo for the .Nm sudo front-end. .It Fa plugin_type The type of plugin that accepted the command, currently either .Dv SUDO_POLICY_PLUGIN , .Dv SUDO_POLICY_APPROVAL , or .Dv SUDO_FRONT_END . The .Fn accept function is called multiple times--once for each policy or approval plugin that succeeds and once for the sudo front-end. When called on behalf of the sudo front-end, .Fa command_info may include information from an I/O logging plugin as well. .Pp Typically, an audit plugin is interested in either the accept status from the .Nm sudo front-end or from the various policy and approval plugins, but not both. It is possible for the policy plugin to accept a command that is later rejected by an approval plugin, in which case the audit plugin's .Fn accept and .Fn reject functions will .Em both be called. .It Fa command_info An optional vector of information describing the command being run in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa command_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible strings. .It Fa run_argv A .Dv NULL Ns -terminated argument vector describing a command that will be run in the same form as what would be passed to the .Xr execve 2 system call. .It Fa run_envp The environment the command will be run with in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated vector of .Dq name=value strings. .Pp When parsing .Fa run_envp , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn accept function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .El .It Fa reject .Bd -literal -compact int (*reject)(const char *plugin_name, unsigned int plugin_type, const char *audit_msg, char * const command_info[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn reject function is called when a command or action is rejected by a plugin. The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa plugin_name The name of the plugin that rejected the command. .It Fa plugin_type The type of plugin that rejected the command, currently either .Dv SUDO_POLICY_PLUGIN , .Dv SUDO_APPROVAL_PLUGIN , or .Dv SUDO_IO_PLUGIN . .Pp Unlike the .Fn accept function, the .Fn reject function is not called on behalf of the .Nm sudo front-end. .It Fa audit_msg An optional string describing the reason the command was rejected by the plugin. If the plugin did not provide a reason, .Fa audit_msg will be the .Dv NULL pointer. .It Fa command_info An optional vector of information describing the command being run in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa command_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible strings. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn reject function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .El .It Fa error .Bd -literal -compact int (*error)(const char *plugin_name, unsigned int plugin_type, const char *audit_msg, char * const command_info[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The .Fn error function is called when a plugin or the .Nm sudo front-end returns an error. The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa plugin_name The name of the plugin that generated the error or .Dq sudo for the .Nm sudo front-end. .It Fa plugin_type The type of plugin that generated the error, or .Dv SUDO_FRONT_END for the .Nm sudo front-end. .It Fa audit_msg An optional string describing the plugin error. If the plugin did not provide a description, .Fa audit_msg will be the .Dv NULL pointer. .It Fa command_info An optional vector of information describing the command being run in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa command_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible strings. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn error function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .El .It Fa show_version .Bd -literal -compact int (*show_version)(int verbose); .Ed .Pp The .Fn show_version function is called by .Nm sudo when the user specifies the .Fl V option. The plugin may display its version information to the user via the .Fn conversation or .Fn plugin_printf function using .Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG . If the user requests detailed version information, the verbose flag will be set. .Pp Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error, although the return value is currently ignored. .It Fa register_hooks See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a description of .Fn register_hooks . .It Fa deregister_hooks See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a description of .Fn deregister_hooks . .It Fa event_alloc .Bd -literal -compact struct sudo_plugin_event * (*event_alloc)(void); .Ed .Pp The .Fn event_alloc function is used to allocate a .Vt struct sudo_plugin_event which provides access to the main .Nm sudo event loop. Unlike the other fields, the .Fa event_alloc pointer is filled in by the .Nm sudo front-end, not by the plugin. .Pp See the .Sx Event API section below for more information about events. .Pp The .Fn event_alloc function is only available starting with API version 1.17. If the .Nm sudo front-end doesn't support API version 1.17 or higher, .Fn event_alloc will not be set. .El .Ss Approval plugin API .Bd -literal struct approval_plugin { #define SUDO_APPROVAL_PLUGIN 4 unsigned int type; /* always SUDO_APPROVAL_PLUGIN */ unsigned int version; /* always SUDO_API_VERSION */ int (*open)(unsigned int version, sudo_conv_t conversation, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char * const settings[], char * const user_info[], int submit_optind, char * const submit_argv[], char * const submit_envp[], char * const plugin_options[], const char **errstr); void (*close)(void); int (*check)(char * const command_info[], char * const run_argv[], char * const run_envp[], const char **errstr); int (*show_version)(int verbose); }; .Ed .Pp An approval plugin can be used to apply extra constraints after a command has been accepted by the policy plugin. Unlike the other plugin types, it does not remain open until the command completes. The plugin is opened before a call to .Fn check or .Fn show_version and closed shortly thereafter (audit plugin functions must be called before the plugin is closed). Multiple approval plugins may be specified in .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ . .Pp A .Vt struct approval_plugin has the following fields: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa type The .Fa type field should always be set to .Dv SUDO_APPROVAL_PLUGIN . .It Fa version The .Fa version field should be set to .Dv SUDO_API_VERSION . .Pp This allows .Nm sudo to determine the API version the plugin was built against. .It Fa open .Bd -literal -compact int (*open)(unsigned int version, sudo_conv_t conversation, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char * const settings[], char * const user_info[], int submit_optind, char * const submit_argv[], char * const submit_envp[], char * const plugin_options[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The approval .Fn open function is run immediately before a call to the plugin's .Fn check or .Fn show_version functions. It is only called if the version is being requested or if the policy plugin's .Fn check_policy function has returned successfully. It returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error. In the latter case, .Nm sudo will print a usage message before it exits. If an error occurs, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa version The version passed in by .Nm sudo allows the plugin to determine the major and minor version number of the plugin API supported by .Nm sudo . .It Fa conversation A pointer to the .Fn conversation function that can be used by the plugin to interact with the user (see .Sx Conversation API for details). Returns 0 on success and \-1 on failure. .It Fa plugin_printf A pointer to a .Fn printf Ns -style function that may be used to display informational or error messages (see .Sx Conversation API for details). Returns the number of characters printed on success and \-1 on failure. .It Fa settings A vector of user-supplied .Nm sudo settings in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. These settings correspond to options the user specified when running .Nm sudo . As such, they will only be present when the corresponding option has been specified on the command line. .Pp When parsing .Fa settings , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible settings. .It Fa user_info A vector of information about the user running the command in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa user_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible strings. .It Fa submit_optind The index into .Fa submit_argv that corresponds to the first entry that is not a command line option. If .Fa submit_argv only consists of options, which may be the case with the .Fl l or .Fl v options, .Fa submit_argv Ns [ Fa submit_optind ] will evaluate to the NULL pointer. .It Fa submit_argv The argument vector .Nm sudo was invoked with, including all command line options. The .Fa submit_optind argument can be used to determine the end of the command line options. .It Fa submit_envp The invoking user's environment in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated vector of .Dq name=value strings. .Pp When parsing .Fa submit_envp , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .It Fa plugin_options Any (non-comment) strings immediately after the plugin path are treated as arguments to the plugin. These arguments are split on a white space boundary and are passed to the plugin in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated array of strings. If no arguments were specified, .Fa plugin_options will be the .Dv NULL pointer. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn open function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .El .It Fa close .Bd -literal -compact void (*close)(void); .Ed .Pp The .Fn close function is called after the approval plugin's .Fn check or .Fn show_version functions have been called. It takes no arguments. The .Fn close function is typically used to perform plugin-specific cleanup, such as the freeing of memory objects allocated by the plugin. If the plugin does not need to perform any cleanup, .Fn close may be set to the .Dv NULL pointer. .It Fa check .Bd -literal -compact int (*check)(char * const command_info[], char * const run_argv[], char * const run_envp[], const char **errstr); .Ed .Pp The approval .Fn check function is run after the policy plugin .Fn check_policy function and before any I/O logging plugins. If multiple approval plugins are loaded, they must all succeed for the command to be allowed. It returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error. In the latter case, .Nm sudo will print a usage message before it exits. If an error occurs, the plugin may optionally call the .Fn conversation or .Fn plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa command_info A vector of information describing the command being run in the form of .Dq name=value strings. The vector is terminated by a .Dv NULL pointer. .Pp When parsing .Fa command_info , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .Pp See the .Sx Policy plugin API section for a list of all possible strings. .It Fa run_argv A .Dv NULL Ns -terminated argument vector describing a command that will be run in the same form as what would be passed to the .Xr execve 2 system call. .It Fa run_envp The environment the command will be run with in the form of a .Dv NULL Ns -terminated vector of .Dq name=value strings. .Pp When parsing .Fa run_envp , the plugin should split on the .Sy first equal sign .Pq Ql = since the .Em name field will never include one itself but the .Em value might. .It Fa errstr If the .Fn open function returns a value other than 1, the plugin may store a message describing the failure or error in .Fa errstr . The .Nm sudo front-end will then pass this value to any registered audit plugins. The string stored in .Fa errstr must remain valid until the plugin's .Fn close function is called. .El .It Fa show_version .Bd -literal -compact int (*show_version)(int verbose); .Ed .Pp The .Fn show_version function is called by .Nm sudo when the user specifies the .Fl V option. The plugin may display its version information to the user via the .Fn conversation or .Fn plugin_printf function using .Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG . If the user requests detailed version information, the verbose flag will be set. .Pp Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure, \-1 if a general error occurred, or \-2 if there was a usage error, although the return value is currently ignored. .El .Ss Signal handlers The .Nm sudo front-end installs default signal handlers to trap common signals while the plugin functions are run. The following signals are trapped by default before the command is executed: .Pp .Bl -bullet -compact -width 1n .It .Dv SIGALRM .It .Dv SIGHUP .It .Dv SIGINT .It .Dv SIGPIPE .It .Dv SIGQUIT .It .Dv SIGTERM .It .Dv SIGTSTP .It .Dv SIGUSR1 .It .Dv SIGUSR2 .El .Pp If a fatal signal is received before the command is executed, .Nm sudo will call the plugin's .Fn close function with an exit status of 128 plus the value of the signal that was received. This allows for consistent logging of commands killed by a signal for plugins that log such information in their .Fn close function. An exception to this is .Dv SIGPIPE , which is ignored until the command is executed. .Pp A plugin may temporarily install its own signal handlers but must restore the original handler before the plugin function returns. .Ss Hook function API Beginning with plugin API version 1.2, it is possible to install hooks for certain functions called by the .Nm sudo front-end. .Pp Currently, the only supported hooks relate to the handling of environment variables. Hooks can be used to intercept attempts to get, set, or remove environment variables so that these changes can be reflected in the version of the environment that is used to execute a command. A future version of the API will support hooking internal .Nm sudo front-end functions as well. .Pp .Em Hook structure .Pp Hooks in .Nm sudo are described by the following structure: .Bd -literal typedef int (*sudo_hook_fn_t)(); struct sudo_hook { unsigned int hook_version; unsigned int hook_type; sudo_hook_fn_t hook_fn; void *closure; }; .Ed .Pp A .Vt struct sudo_hook has the following fields: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa hook_version The .Fa hook_version field should be set to .Dv SUDO_HOOK_VERSION . .It Fa hook_type The .Fa hook_type field may be one of the following supported hook types: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Dv SUDO_HOOK_SETENV The C library .Xr setenv 3 function. Any registered hooks will run before the C library implementation. The .Fa hook_fn field should be a function that matches the following typedef: .Bd -literal typedef int (*sudo_hook_fn_setenv_t)(const char *name, const char *value, int overwrite, void *closure); .Ed .Pp If the registered hook does not match the typedef the results are unspecified. .It Dv SUDO_HOOK_UNSETENV The C library .Xr unsetenv 3 function. Any registered hooks will run before the C library implementation. The .Fa hook_fn field should be a function that matches the following typedef: .Bd -literal typedef int (*sudo_hook_fn_unsetenv_t)(const char *name, void *closure); .Ed .It Dv SUDO_HOOK_GETENV The C library .Xr getenv 3 function. Any registered hooks will run before the C library implementation. The .Fa hook_fn field should be a function that matches the following typedef: .Bd -literal typedef int (*sudo_hook_fn_getenv_t)(const char *name, char **value, void *closure); .Ed .Pp If the registered hook does not match the typedef the results are unspecified. .It Dv SUDO_HOOK_PUTENV The C library .Xr putenv 3 function. Any registered hooks will run before the C library implementation. The .Fa hook_fn field should be a function that matches the following typedef: .Bd -literal typedef int (*sudo_hook_fn_putenv_t)(char *string, void *closure); .Ed .Pp If the registered hook does not match the typedef the results are unspecified. .El .It Fa hook_fn .Bd -literal -compact sudo_hook_fn_t hook_fn; .Ed .Pp The .Fa hook_fn field should be set to the plugin's hook implementation. The actual function arguments will vary depending on the .Fa hook_type (see .Fa hook_type above). In all cases, the .Fa closure field of .Vt struct sudo_hook is passed as the last function parameter. This can be used to pass arbitrary data to the plugin's hook implementation. .Pp The function return value may be one of the following: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Dv SUDO_HOOK_RET_ERROR The hook function encountered an error. .It Dv SUDO_HOOK_RET_NEXT The hook completed without error, go on to the next hook (including the system implementation if applicable). For example, a .Xr getenv 3 hook might return .Dv SUDO_HOOK_RET_NEXT if the specified variable was not found in the private copy of the environment. .It Dv SUDO_HOOK_RET_STOP The hook completed without error, stop processing hooks for this invocation. This can be used to replace the system implementation. For example, a .Fa setenv hook that operates on a private copy of the environment but leaves .Va environ unchanged. .El .El .Pp Care must be taken when hooking C library functions, it is very easy to create an infinite loop. For example, a .Xr getenv 3 hook that calls the .Xr snprintf 3 function may create a loop if the .Xr snprintf 3 implementation calls .Xr getenv 3 to check the locale. To prevent this, you may wish to use a static variable in the hook function to guard against nested calls. For example: .Bd -literal -offset indent static int in_progress = 0; /* avoid recursion */ if (in_progress) return SUDO_HOOK_RET_NEXT; in_progress = 1; \&... in_progress = 0; return SUDO_HOOK_RET_STOP; .Ed .Pp .Em Hook API Version Macros .Bd -literal /* Hook API version major/minor */ #define SUDO_HOOK_VERSION_MAJOR 1 #define SUDO_HOOK_VERSION_MINOR 0 #define SUDO_HOOK_VERSION SUDO_API_MKVERSION(SUDO_HOOK_VERSION_MAJOR,\e SUDO_HOOK_VERSION_MINOR) .Ed .Pp For getters and setters see the .Sx Policy plugin API . .Ss Event API When .Nm sudo runs a command, it uses an event loop to service signals and I/O. Events may be triggered based on time, a file or socket descriptor becoming ready, or due to receipt of a signal. Starting with API version 1.15, it is possible for a plugin to participate in this event loop by calling the .Fn event_alloc function. .Pp .Em Event structure .Pp Events are described by the following structure: .Pp .Bd -literal -compact typedef void (*sudo_plugin_ev_callback_t)(int fd, int what, void *closure); struct sudo_plugin_event { int (*set)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev, int fd, int events, sudo_plugin_ev_callback_t callback, void *closure); int (*add)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev, struct timespec *timeout); int (*del)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev); int (*pending)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev, int events, struct timespec *ts); int (*fd)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev); void (*setbase)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev, void *base); void (*loopbreak)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev); void (*free)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev); }; .Ed .Pp A .Vt struct sudo_plugin_event contains the following function pointers: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa set .Bd -literal -compact int (*set)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev, int fd, int events, sudo_plugin_ev_callback_t callback, void *closure); .Ed .Pp The .Fn set function takes the following arguments: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Vt struct sudo_plugin_event * Ns Fa pev A pointer to the .Vt struct sudo_plugin_event itself. .It Fa fd The file or socket descriptor for I/O-based events or the signal number for signal events. For time-based events, .Fa fd must be \-1. .It Fa events The following values determine what will trigger the event callback: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_TIMEOUT callback is run after the specified timeout expires .It Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_READ callback is run when the file descriptor is readable .It Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_WRITE callback is run when the file descriptor is writable .It Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_PERSIST event is persistent and remains enabled until explicitly deleted .It Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_SIGNAL callback is run when the specified signal is received .El .Pp The .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_PERSIST flag may be ORed with any of the event types. It is also possible to OR .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_READ and .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_WRITE together to run the callback when a descriptor is ready to be either read from or written to. All other event values are mutually exclusive. .It Vt sudo_plugin_ev_callback_t Fa callback .Bd -literal -compact typedef void (*sudo_plugin_ev_callback_t)(int fd, int what, void *closure); .Ed .Pp The function to call when an event is triggered. The .Fn callback function is run with the following arguments: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa fd The file or socket descriptor for I/O-based events or the signal number for signal events. .It Fa what The event type that triggered that callback. For events that have multiple event types (for example .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_READ and .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_WRITE ) or have an associated timeout, .Fa what can be used to determine why the callback was run. .It Fa closure The generic pointer that was specified in the .Fn set function. .El .It Fa closure A generic pointer that will be passed to the callback function. .El .Pp The .Fn set function returns 1 on success, and \-1 if a error occurred. .It Fa add .Bd -literal -compact int (*add)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev, struct timespec *timeout); .Ed .Pp The .Fn add function adds the event .Fa pev to .Nm sudo Ns No 's event loop. The event must have previously been initialized via the .Fn set function. If the .Fa timeout argument is not NULL, it should specify a (relative) timeout after which the event will be triggered if the main event criteria has not been met. This is often used to implement an I/O timeout where the event will fire if a descriptor is not ready within a certain time period. If the event is already present in the event loop, its .Fa timeout will be adjusted to match the new value, if any. .Pp The .Fn add function returns 1 on success, and \-1 if a error occurred. .It Fa del .Bd -literal -compact int (*del)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev); .Ed .Pp The .Fn del function deletes the event .Fa pev from .Nm sudo Ns No 's event loop. Deleted events can be added back via the .Fn add function. .Pp The .Fn del function returns 1 on success, and \-1 if a error occurred. .It Fa pending .Bd -literal -compact int (*pending)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev, int events, struct timespec *ts); .Ed .Pp The .Fn pending function can be used to determine whether one or more events is pending. The .Fa events argument specifies which events to check for. See the .Fn set function for a list of valid event types. If .Dv SUDO_PLUGIN_EV_TIMEOUT is specified in .Fa events , the event has an associated timeout and the .Fa ts pointer is non-NULL, it will be filled in with the remaining time. .It Fa fd .Bd -literal -compact int (*fd)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev); .Ed .Pp The .Fn fd function returns the descriptor or signal number associated with the event .Fa pev . .It Fa setbase .Bd -literal -compact void (*setbase)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev, void *base); .Ed .Pp The .Fn setbase function sets the underlying event .Fa base for .Fa pev to the specified value. This can be used to move an event created via .Fn event_alloc to a new event loop allocated by sudo's event subsystem. If .Fa base is .Dv NULL , .Fa pev Ns 's event base is reset to the default value, which corresponds to .Nm sudo Ns 's main event loop. Using this function requires linking the plugin with the sudo_util library. It is unlikely to be used outside of the .Nm sudoers plugin. .It Fa loopbreak .Bd -literal -compact void (*loopbreak)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev); .Ed .Pp The .Fn loopbreak function causes .Nm sudo Ns No 's event loop to exit immediately and the running command to be terminated. .It Fa free .Bd -literal -compact void (*free)(struct sudo_plugin_event *pev); .Ed .Pp The .Fn free function deletes the event .Fa pev from the event loop and frees the memory associated with it. .El .Ss Remote command execution The .Nm sudo front-end does not support running remote commands. However, starting with .Nm sudo 1.8.8, the .Fl h option may be used to specify a remote host that is passed to the policy plugin. A plugin may also accept a .Em runas_user in the form of .Dq user@hostname which will work with older versions of .Nm sudo . It is anticipated that remote commands will be supported by executing a .Dq helper program. The policy plugin should setup the execution environment such that the .Nm sudo front-end will run the helper which, in turn, will connect to the remote host and run the command. .Pp For example, the policy plugin could utilize .Nm ssh to perform remote command execution. The helper program would be responsible for running .Nm ssh with the proper options to use a private key or certificate that the remote host will accept and run a program on the remote host that would setup the execution environment accordingly. .Pp Remote .Nm sudoedit functionality must be handled by the policy plugin, not .Nm sudo itself as the front-end has no knowledge that a remote command is being executed. This may be addressed in a future revision of the plugin API. .Ss Conversation API If the plugin needs to interact with the user, it may do so via the .Fn conversation function. A plugin should not attempt to read directly from the standard input or the user's terminal (neither of which are guaranteed to exist). The caller must include a trailing newline in .Fa msg if one is to be printed. .Pp A .Fn printf Ns -style function is also available that can be used to display informational or error messages to the user, which is usually more convenient for simple messages where no use input is required. .Pp .Em Conversation function structures .Pp The conversation function takes as arguments pointers to the following structures: .Bd -literal struct sudo_conv_message { #define SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF 0x0001 /* do not echo user input */ #define SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_ECHO_ON 0x0002 /* echo user input */ #define SUDO_CONV_ERROR_MSG 0x0003 /* error message */ #define SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG 0x0004 /* informational message */ #define SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_MASK 0x0005 /* mask user input */ #define SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_ECHO_OK 0x1000 /* flag: allow echo if no tty */ #define SUDO_CONV_PREFER_TTY 0x2000 /* flag: use tty if possible */ int msg_type; int timeout; const char *msg; }; #define SUDO_CONV_REPL_MAX 1023 struct sudo_conv_reply { char *reply; }; typedef int (*sudo_conv_callback_fn_t)(int signo, void *closure); struct sudo_conv_callback { unsigned int version; void *closure; sudo_conv_callback_fn_t on_suspend; sudo_conv_callback_fn_t on_resume; }; .Ed .Pp Pointers to the .Fn conversation and .Fn printf Ns -style functions are passed in to the plugin's .Fn open function when the plugin is initialized. The following type definitions can be used in the declaration of the .Fn open function: .Bd -literal typedef int (*sudo_conv_t)(int num_msgs, const struct sudo_conv_message msgs[], struct sudo_conv_reply replies[], struct sudo_conv_callback *callback); typedef int (*sudo_printf_t)(int msg_type, const char * restrict fmt, ...); .Ed .Pp To use the .Fn conversation function, the plugin must pass an array of .Vt struct sudo_conv_message and .Vt struct sudo_conv_reply . There must be a .Vt struct sudo_conv_message and .Vt struct sudo_conv_reply for each message in the conversation, that is, both arrays must have the same number of elements. Each .Vt struct sudo_conv_reply must have its .Fa reply member initialized to .Dv NULL . The .Vt struct sudo_conv_callback pointer, if not .Dv NULL , should contain function pointers to be called when the .Nm sudo process is suspended and/or resumed during conversation input. The .Fa on_suspend and .Fa on_resume functions are called with the signal that caused .Nm sudo to be suspended and the .Fa closure pointer from the .Vt struct sudo_conv_callback . These functions should return 0 on success and \-1 on error. On error, the conversation will end and the conversation function will return a value of \-1. The intended use is to allow the plugin to release resources, such as locks, that should not be held indefinitely while suspended and then reacquire them when the process is resumed. The functions are not actually invoked from within a signal handler. .Pp The .Fa msg_type must be set to one of the following values: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Dv SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF Prompt the user for input with echo disabled; this is generally used for passwords. The reply will be stored in the .Fa replies array, and it will never be .Dv NULL . .It Dv SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_ECHO_ON Prompt the user for input with echo enabled. The reply will be stored in the .Fa replies array, and it will never be .Dv NULL . .It Dv SUDO_CONV_ERROR_MSG Display an error message. The message is written to the standard error unless the .Dv SUDO_CONV_PREFER_TTY flag is set, in which case it is written to the user's terminal if possible. .It Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG Display a message. The message is written to the standard output unless the .Dv SUDO_CONV_PREFER_TTY flag is set, in which case it is written to the user's terminal if possible. .It Dv SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_MASK Prompt the user for input but echo an asterisk character for each character read. The reply will be stored in the .Fa replies array, and it will never be .Dv NULL . This can be used to provide visual feedback to the user while reading sensitive information that should not be displayed. .El .Pp In addition to the above values, the following flag bits may also be set: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Dv SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_ECHO_OK Allow input to be read when echo cannot be disabled when the message type is .Dv SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF or .Dv SUDO_CONV_PROMPT_MASK . By default, .Nm sudo will refuse to read input if the echo cannot be disabled for those message types. .It Dv SUDO_CONV_PREFER_TTY When displaying a message via .Dv SUDO_CONV_ERROR_MSG or .Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG , try to write the message to the user's terminal. If the terminal is unavailable, the standard error or standard output will be used, depending upon whether .Dv SUDO_CONV_ERROR_MSG or .Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG was used. The user's terminal is always used when possible for input, this flag is only used for output. .El .Pp The .Fa timeout in seconds until the prompt will wait for no more input. A zero value implies an infinite timeout. .Pp The plugin is responsible for freeing the reply buffer located in each .Vt struct sudo_conv_reply , if it is not .Dv NULL . .Dv SUDO_CONV_REPL_MAX represents the maximum length of the reply buffer (not including the trailing NUL character). In practical terms, this is the longest password .Nm sudo will support. .Pp The .Fn printf Ns -style function uses the same underlying mechanism as the .Fn conversation function but only supports .Dv SUDO_CONV_INFO_MSG and .Dv SUDO_CONV_ERROR_MSG for the .Fa msg_type parameter. It can be more convenient than using the .Fn conversation function if no user reply is needed and supports standard .Fn printf escape sequences. .Pp See the sample plugin for an example of the .Fn conversation function usage. .Ss Plugin invocation order As of .Nm sudo 1.9.0, the plugin .Fn open and .Fn close functions are called in the following order: .Bl -enum .It audit open .It policy open .It approval open .It approval close .It I/O log open .It command runs .It command exits .It I/O log close .It policy close .It audit close .It sudo exits .El .Pp Prior to .Nm sudo 1.9.0, the I/O log .Fn close function was called .Em after the policy .Fn close function. .Ss Sudoers group plugin API The .Nm sudoers plugin supports its own plugin interface to allow non-Unix group lookups. This can be used to query a group source other than the standard Unix group database. Two sample group plugins are bundled with .Nm sudo , .Em group_file , and .Em system_group , are detailed in .Xr sudoers @mansectform@ . Third party group plugins include a QAS AD plugin available from Quest Software. .Pp A group plugin must declare and populate a .Vt struct sudoers_group_plugin in the global scope. This structure contains pointers to the functions that implement plugin initialization, cleanup, and group lookup. .Bd -literal struct sudoers_group_plugin { unsigned int version; int (*init)(int version, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char *const argv[]); void (*cleanup)(void); int (*query)(const char *user, const char *group, const struct passwd *pwd); }; .Ed .Pp A .Vt struct sudoers_group_plugin has the following fields: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa version The .Fa version field should be set to GROUP_API_VERSION. .Pp This allows .Nm sudoers to determine the API version the group plugin was built against. .It Fa init .Bd -literal -compact int (*init)(int version, sudo_printf_t sudo_plugin_printf, char *const argv[]); .Ed .Pp The .Fn init function is called after .Em sudoers has been parsed but before any policy checks. It returns 1 on success, 0 on failure (or if the plugin is not configured), and \-1 if a error occurred. If an error occurs, the plugin may call the .Fn plugin_printf function with .Dv SUDO_CONF_ERROR_MSG to present additional error information to the user. .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa version The version passed in by .Nm sudoers allows the plugin to determine the major and minor version number of the group plugin API supported by .Nm sudoers . .It Fa plugin_printf A pointer to a .Fn printf Ns -style function that may be used to display informational or error message to the user. Returns the number of characters printed on success and \-1 on failure. .It Fa argv A .Dv NULL Ns -terminated array of arguments generated from the .Em group_plugin option in .Em sudoers . If no arguments were given, .Fa argv will be .Dv NULL . .El .It Fa cleanup .Bd -literal -compact void (*cleanup)(); .Ed .Pp The .Fn cleanup function is called when .Nm sudoers has finished its group checks. The plugin should free any memory it has allocated and close open file handles. .It Fa query .Bd -literal -compact int (*query)(const char *user, const char *group, const struct passwd *pwd); .Ed .Pp The .Fn query function is used to ask the group plugin whether .Fa user is a member of .Fa group . .Pp The function arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Fa user The name of the user being looked up in the external group database. .It Fa group The name of the group being queried. .It Fa pwd The password database entry for .Fa user , if any. If .Fa user is not present in the password database, .Fa pwd will be .Dv NULL . .El .El .Pp .Em Group API Version Macros .Bd -literal /* Sudoers group plugin version major/minor */ #define GROUP_API_VERSION_MAJOR 1 #define GROUP_API_VERSION_MINOR 0 #define GROUP_API_VERSION ((GROUP_API_VERSION_MAJOR << 16) | \e GROUP_API_VERSION_MINOR) .Ed For getters and setters see the .Sx Policy plugin API . .Sh PLUGIN API CHANGELOG The following revisions have been made to the Sudo Plugin API. .Bl -tag -width 4n .It Version 1.0 Initial API version. .It Version 1.1 (sudo 1.8.0) The I/O logging plugin's .Fn open function was modified to take the .Fa command_info list as an argument. .It Version 1.2 (sudo 1.8.5) The Policy and I/O logging plugins' .Fn open functions are now passed a list of plugin parameters if any are specified in .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ . .Pp A simple hooks API has been introduced to allow plugins to hook in to the system's environment handling functions. .Pp The .Fn init_session Policy plugin function is now passed a pointer to the user environment which can be updated as needed. This can be used to merge in environment variables stored in the PAM handle before a command is run. .It Version 1.3 (sudo 1.8.7) Support for the .Em exec_background entry has been added to the .Fa command_info list. .Pp The .Em max_groups and .Em plugin_dir entries were added to the .Fa settings list. .Pp The .Fn version and .Fn close functions are now optional. Previously, a missing .Fn version or .Fn close function would result in a crash. If no policy plugin .Fn close function is defined, a default .Fn close function will be provided by the .Nm sudo front-end that displays a warning if the command could not be executed. .Pp The .Nm sudo front-end now installs default signal handlers to trap common signals while the plugin functions are run. .It Version 1.4 (sudo 1.8.8) The .Em remote_host entry was added to the .Fa settings list. .It Version 1.5 (sudo 1.8.9) The .Em preserve_fds entry was added to the .Fa command_info list. .It Version 1.6 (sudo 1.8.11) The behavior when an I/O logging plugin returns an error .Pq \-1 has changed. Previously, the .Nm sudo front-end took no action when the .Fn log_ttyin , .Fn log_ttyout , .Fn log_stdin , .Fn log_stdout , or .Fn log_stderr function returned an error. .Pp The behavior when an I/O logging plugin returns 0 has changed. Previously, output from the command would be displayed to the terminal even if an output logging function returned 0. .It Version 1.7 (sudo 1.8.12) The .Em plugin_path entry was added to the .Fa settings list. .Pp The .Em debug_flags entry now starts with a debug file path name and may occur multiple times if there are multiple plugin-specific Debug lines in the .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ file. .It Version 1.8 (sudo 1.8.15) The .Em sudoedit_checkdir and .Em sudoedit_follow entries were added to the .Fa command_info list. The default value of .Em sudoedit_checkdir was changed to true in sudo 1.8.16. .Pp The sudo .Fn conversation function now takes a pointer to a .Vt struct sudo_conv_callback as its fourth argument. The .Vt sudo_conv_t definition has been updated to match. The plugin must specify that it supports plugin API version 1.8 or higher to receive a conversation function pointer that supports this argument. .It Version 1.9 (sudo 1.8.16) The .Em execfd entry was added to the .Fa command_info list. .It Version 1.10 (sudo 1.8.19) The .Em umask entry was added to the .Fa user_info list. The .Em iolog_group , .Em iolog_mode , and .Em iolog_user entries were added to the .Fa command_info list. .It Version 1.11 (sudo 1.8.20) The .Em timeout entry was added to the .Fa settings list. .It Version 1.12 (sudo 1.8.21) The .Fn change_winsize function was added to .Vt struct io_plugin . .It Version 1.13 (sudo 1.8.26) The .Fn log_suspend function was added to .Vt struct io_plugin . .It Version 1.14 (sudo 1.8.29) The .Em umask_override entry was added to the .Fa command_info list. .It Version 1.15 (sudo 1.9.0) The .Em cwd_optional entry was added to the .Fa command_info list. .Pp The .Fn event_alloc function was added to .Vt struct policy_plugin and .Vt struct io_plugin . .Pp The .Fa errstr argument was added to the policy and I/O plugin functions which the plugin function can use to return an error string. This string may be used by the audit plugin to report failure or error conditions set by the other plugins. .Pp The .Fn close function is now is called regardless of whether or not a command was actually executed. This makes it possible for plugins to perform cleanup even when a command was not run. .Pp .Dv SUDO_CONV_REPL_MAX has increased from 255 to 1023 bytes. .Pp Support for audit and approval plugins was added. .It Version 1.16 (sudo 1.9.3) Initial resource limit values were added to the .Fa user_info list. .Pp The .Em cmnd_chroot and .Em cmnd_cwd entries were added to the .Fa settings list. .It Version 1.17 (sudo 1.9.4) The .Fn event_alloc function was added to .Vt struct audit_plugin and .Vt struct approval_plugin . .It Version 1.18 (sudo 1.9.9) The policy may now set resource limit values in the .Fa command_info list. The .Em intercept and .Em log_subcmds entries were added to the .Fa command_info list. .It Version 1.19 (sudo 1.9.11) The .Em intercept_ptrace and .Em intercept_setid entries were added to the .Fa settings list. The .Em apparmor_profile and .Em use_ptrace entries were added to the .Fa command_info list. .It Version 1.20 (sudo 1.9.12) The .Em update_ticket entry was added to the .Fa settings list. The .Em intercept_verify entry was added to the .Fa command_info list. .It Version 1.21 (sudo 1.9.13) The .Em sudoedit_nfiles entry was added to the .Fa command_info list. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sudo.conf @mansectform@ , .Xr sudoers @mansectform@ , .Xr sudo @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.md file in the .Nm sudo distribution (https://www.sudo.ws/about/contributors/) for an exhaustive list of people who have contributed to .Nm sudo . .Sh BUGS If you believe you have found a bug in .Nm sudo , you can 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 sudo 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.md file distributed with .Nm sudo or https://www.sudo.ws/about/license/ for complete details.