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Define a digest for a command for multiple files in a sudoers configuration

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
security

Research direction

Start by reading the sudoers documentation for command digests, command aliases, and sudoedit file arguments; the issue does not name a source file or test. Clarify whether and how a digest can be specified for sudoedit commands that are restricted to particular files, and document a working configuration or the limitation. Done means the documented guidance addresses the examples in the issue.

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Description

Hi Team,
I am configuring sudo in my RedHat 8 node using the digest feature.
So for the command that needs full whitelisting, I am allowing using the below method which is working fine.

%my_group_name ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:SETENV: sha224:8c3f2dea6e13bb4a4fbed2314d6f2a1ba00f79c63faac6b2907f09bf8 /usr/bin/ls

But there are a few commands that I need to allow for limited files as -
Cmnd_Alias SUDOEDIT = sudoedit /etc/sudoers, sudoedit /var/log/audit/audit.log, sudoedit /etc/audit/auditd.conf

When I am allowing this using the below entry, it is not working.

**%my_group_name ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:SETENV: sha224:8c3f2dea6e13bb4a4fbed2314d6f2a1ba00f79c63faac6b2907f09bf8 SUDOEDIT **

OR

Defaults!SUDOEDIT digest_sha512=ad8a2af7358908c6ed8978c4104316b0f500b0c1432ae31b373e41559d3044fe4ce4d4c8b210754cb6ae2925316eec9384fa583c1122660d59e6e08c29a6e5e9
%my_group_name ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: SUDOEDIT

I need support on how to define any command when it needs to only allow specific files to be executed with a digest check.

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