Prerequisites:
Sudo is a program that allows users to run programs as another user
with different privileges (possibly root
). Sudo rules provide
fine-grained control over who can execute which processes, as which
users. FreeIPA allows centralised management of Sudo rules. To
simplify management, Sudo rules can refer to User Groups, Host
Groups and Command Groups as well as individual users, hosts and
commands.
Older versions of sudo did not require pam access for passwordless rules (e.g. rules with the NOPASSWD keyword). sudo-1.8.23 and newer require pam access for all rules.
The goal of this unit is to allow alice
(being a sysadmin
)
to run any command on any FreeIPA-enrolled machine, and to allow
bob
(who is merely a web server administrator) to control
httpd
on hosts that are webservers
.
As of FreeIPA 4.6.90.pre2, you should enable SSSD's sudo responder by running:
[client]$ sudo authselect enable-feature with-sudo
Restart SSSD:
[client]$ sudo systemctl restart sssd
Let's deal with alice
first. Before we do anything else, log in
as alice
and attempt to run the id
command as root
.
Observe that the action is denied:
[client]$ su -l alice Password: [alice@client]$ sudo id [sudo] password for alice: alice is not allowed to run sudo on client. This incident will be reported. [alice@client]$ exit logout
Now define the sysadmin_sudo
rule, which allows members of the
sysadmin
User Group to to run any command on any host:
[client]$ ipa sudorule-add sysadmin_sudo \ --hostcat=all --runasusercat=all --runasgroupcat=all --cmdcat=all ------------------------------- Added Sudo Rule "sysadmin_sudo" ------------------------------- Rule name: sysadmin_sudo Enabled: TRUE Host category: all Command category: all RunAs User category: all RunAs Group category: all
Next add the sysadmin
User Group to the Sudo rule:
[client]$ ipa sudorule-add-user sysadmin_sudo --group sysadmin Rule name: sysadmin_sudo Enabled: TRUE Host category: all Command category: all RunAs User category: all RunAs Group category: all User Groups: sysadmin ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------
Now attempt to sudo id
as alice
again:
[client]$ su -l alice Password: [alice@client]$ sudo id [sudo] password for alice: uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
This time the action was allowed, and we can see from the output
that alice
indeed executed the id
command as root
.
Note: if the command is prevented there may be some stale cache entries. Move on with the workshop and try again in 5 minutes.
Now let us turn our attention to bob
. The goal is to allow
bob
and other web servers administrators to run commands related
to web server administration (and only such commands).
First, create a new User Group named webadmin
and add bob
as a
member. Add an hbacrule
that allows bob
to log into hosts
that are members of the webservers
Host Group using the sshd
service.
Once this is done you should be able to login, but not use su -l
:
[client]$ su -l bob Password: [bob@client]$ su -l bob Password: su: Permission denied
Then, let's observe that bob
currently cannot restart Apache:
[bob@client]$ sudo systemctl restart httpd [sudo] password for bob: sudo: PAM account management error: Permission denied
Take note that the error is different from the one alice got, which was:
alice is not allowed to run sudo on client. This incident will be reported.
While the HBAC rule alice uses (sysadmin_webservers) was created with "--servicecat=all", the HBAC rule for bob was created with sshd in mind, like this:
[server]$ ipa hbacrule-add-service webadmin_webservers --hbacsvcs=sshd
As bob needs to run both su -l
and sudo
, add both commands to
the list of allowed services in your access control rule, for instance:
[server]$ ipa hbacrule-add-service webadmin_webservers \ --hbacsvcs=sudo --hbacsvcs=su-l
Now login and logout as bob. Not only bob should now be able to use
su -l
, but the error message from sudo
should change:
[bob@client]$ sudo systemctl restart httpd [sudo] password for bob: Sorry, user bob is not allowed to execute '/bin/systemctl restart httpd' as root on client.ipademo.local.
Now define the webadmin_sudo
rule. Note that we do not use
--hostcat=all
or cmdcat=all
this time.
[client]$ ipa sudorule-add webadmin_sudo \ --runasusercat=all --runasgroupcat=all ------------------------------- Added Sudo Rule "webadmin_sudo" ------------------------------- Rule name: webadmin_sudo Enabled: TRUE RunAs User category: all RunAs Group category: all
Add the webadmin
User Group and webservers
Host Group to the rule:
[client]$ ipa sudorule-add-user webadmin_sudo --group webadmin Rule name: webadmin_sudo Enabled: TRUE RunAs User category: all RunAs Group category: all User Groups: webadmin ------------------------- Number of members added 1 ------------------------- [client]$ ipa sudorule-add-host webadmin_sudo --hostgroup webservers Rule name: webadmin_sudo Enabled: TRUE RunAs User category: all RunAs Group category: all User Groups: webadmin Host Groups: webservers ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------
Next, define Sudo Commands and a Sudo Command Group for web server administration:
[client]$ ipa sudocmd-add "/usr/bin/systemctl start httpd" --------------------------------------------------- Added Sudo Command "/usr/bin/systemctl start httpd" --------------------------------------------------- Sudo Command: /usr/bin/systemctl start httpd [client]$ ipa sudocmd-add "/usr/bin/systemctl restart httpd" ----------------------------------------------------- Added Sudo Command "/usr/bin/systemctl restart httpd" ----------------------------------------------------- Sudo Command: /usr/bin/systemctl restart httpd [client]$ ipa sudocmdgroup-add webadmin_cmds ---------------------------------------- Added Sudo Command Group "webadmin_cmds" ---------------------------------------- Sudo Command Group: webadmin_cmds [client]$ ipa sudocmdgroup-add-member webadmin_cmds \ --sudocmds "/usr/bin/systemctl start httpd" \ --sudocmds "/usr/bin/systemctl restart httpd" Sudo Command Group: webadmin_cmds Member Sudo commands: /usr/bin/systemctl start httpd, /usr/bin/systemctl restart httpd ------------------------- Number of members added 2 -------------------------
Finally, add this new command group to the Sudo rule:
[client]$ ipa sudorule-add-allow-command webadmin_sudo \ --sudocmdgroups webadmin_cmds Rule name: webadmin_sudo Enabled: TRUE RunAs User category: all RunAs Group category: all User Groups: webadmin Host Groups: webservers Sudo Allow Command Groups: webadmin_cmds ------------------------- Number of members added 1 -------------------------
Now log in again as bob
and observe that we have reached our goal: he can
restart (or start) Apache, but not run other commands via sudo
:
[client]$ su -l bob Password: [bob@client]$ sudo systemctl restart httpd [sudo] password for bob: [bob@client]$ sudo id Sorry, user bob is not allowed to execute '/bin/id' as root on client.ipademo.local.
This concludes the unit. Now that you have Sudo rules working, proceed to Unit 9: SELinux User Maps.