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    Sudoers Installation in AIX

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    This document outlines the steps to install and configure sudoers on AIX systems. It involves downloading the sudo rpm, copying it to servers, installing it, configuring the sudoers file to log commands, adding users, and verifying the log file. The sudoers package allows users to run commands as root with a password.

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    This document outlines the steps to install and configure sudoers on AIX systems. It involves downloading the sudo rpm, copying it to servers, installing it, configuring the sudoers file to log commands, adding users, and verifying the log file. The sudoers package allows users to run commands as root with a password.

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    This document outlines the steps to install and configure sudoers on AIX systems. It involves downloading the sudo rpm, copying it to servers, installing it, configuring the sudoers file to log commands, adding users, and verifying the log file. The sudoers package allows users to run commands as root with a password.

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    Sudoers Installation in AIX

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    Sudoers Installation in AIX

    1. Download the rpm file needed to install the sudoers package in AIX
    AIX open sources rpms
    Search for the file sudo-1.6.7p5-3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm and download it
    2. Copy the downloaded file to the AIX servers /tmp/SUDO directory
    3. change the permission to chmod 777 <Filename>
    4.smitty install-> Install and Update Software-> Install Software-->INPUT device /
    directory for software [.]#current directory
    SOFTWARE to install (Press Esc+F4 which displays the rpm file in the directory)
    ACCEPT new license agreements? Yes
    and press enter to install the rpm File on your machine
    5. Configuring logs for Sudo

    Code:

    vi /etc/sudoers
    place an entry @ the end of the file
    Defaults log_year,logfile=/var/log/sudo.log
    SUDOERS FILE SAMPLE
    # visudo
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ---------------
    # sudoers file.
    #
    # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
    #
    # See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
    #
    # Host alias specification
    # User alias specification
    # Cmnd alias specification
    # Defaults specification
    # User privilege specification
    root ALL=(ALL) ALL
    sound ALL=(ALL) ALL
    uday ALL=(ALL) ALL
    sandeep ALL=(ALL) ALL
    neha ALL=(ALL) ALL
    # Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
    # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
    # Same thing without a password
    # %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
    # Samples
    # %users ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
    # %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now
    Defaults log_year,logfile=/var/log/sudo.log
    #Defaults syslog=auth

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -
    6.Enter visudo command to view and putting an entry of the users in the /etc/sudoers
    quit it by saving it.
    7. Login into the userlogin by opening a duplicate session of su <user name> and enter
    sudo -s for sudo -s login credentials.
    8. Finally check the log file

    Code:
    # more /var/log/sudo.log
    May 14 18:37:20 2010 : sound1 : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/sound1 ; USER=root ;
    COMMAND=/usr/bin/ksh
    May 14 18:50:06 2010 : uday : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ;
    COMMAND=/bin/bsh
    May 14 19:23:34 2010 : sound1 : TTY=pts/3 ; PWD=/home/sound1 ; USER=root ;
    COMMAND=/usr/bin/ksh
    May 17 14:23:05 2010 : sound1 : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/sound1 ; USER=root ;
    COMMAND=/usr/bin/ksh
    May 17 14:27:56 2010 : neha : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/neha ; USER=root ;
    COMMAND=/usr/bin/ksh
    May 17 14:30:45 2010 : neha : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/neha ; USER=root ;
    COMMAND=/usr/bin/ksh
    May 17 14:31:49 2010 : sandeep : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/sandeep ;
    USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/ksh

    This is the way to use the sudoers in AIX.

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