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CVTSUDOERS(1)            BSD General Commands Manual           CVTSUDOERS(1)

NAME top

     cvtsudoers — convert between sudoers file formats

SYNOPSIS top

     cvtsudoers [-ehMpV] [-b dn] [-c conf_file] [-d deftypes]
                [-f output_format] [-i input_format] [-I increment]
                [-m filter] [-o output_file] [-O start_point] [-P padding]
                [-s sections] [input_file]

DESCRIPTION top

     cvtsudoers can be used to convert between sudoers security policy file
     formats.  The default input format is sudoers.  The default output for‐
     mat is LDIF.  It is only possible to convert a sudoers file that is
     syntactically correct.

     If no input_file is specified, or if it is ‘-’, the policy is read from
     the standard input.  By default, the result is written to the standard
     output.

     The options are as follows:

     -b dn, --base=dn
                 The base DN (distinguished name) that will be used when
                 performing LDAP queries.  Typically this is of the form
                 ou=SUDOers,dc=my-domain,dc=com for the domain
                 my-domain.com.  If this option is not specified, the value
                 of the SUDOERS_BASE environment variable will be used
                 instead.  Only necessary when converting to LDIF format.

     -c conf_file, --config=conf_file
                 Specify the path to the configuration file.  Defaults to
                 /etc/cvtsudoers.conf.

     -d deftypes, --defaults=deftypes
                 Only convert Defaults entries of the specified types.  One
                 or more Defaults types may be specified, separated by a
                 comma (‘,’).  The supported types are:

                 all       All Defaults entries.

                 global    Global Defaults entries that are applied regard‐
                           less of user, runas, host or command.

                 user      Per-user Defaults entries.

                 runas     Per-runas user Defaults entries.

                 host      Per-host Defaults entries.

                 command   Per-command Defaults entries.

                 See the Defaults section in sudoers(5) for more informa‐
                 tion.

                 If the -d option is not specified, all Defaults entries
                 will be converted.

     -e, --expand-aliases
                 Expand aliases in input_file.  Aliases are preserved by
                 default when the output format is JSON or sudoers.

     -f output_format, --output-format=output_format
                 Specify the output format (case-insensitive).  The follow‐
                 ing formats are supported:

                 JSON      JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) files are usu‐
                           ally easier for third-party applications to con‐
                           sume than the traditional sudoers format.  The
                           various values have explicit types which removes
                           much of the ambiguity of the sudoers format.

                 LDIF      LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) files can be
                           imported into an LDAP server for use with
                           sudoers.ldap(5).

                           Conversion to LDIF has the following limitations:

                           ·  Command, host, runas and user-specific
                              Defaults lines cannot be translated as they
                              don't have an equivalent in the sudoers LDAP
                              schema.

                           ·  Command, host, runas and user aliases are not
                              supported by the sudoers LDAP schema so they
                              are expanded during the conversion.

                 sudoers   Traditional sudoers format.  A new sudoers file
                           will be reconstructed from the parsed input file.
                           Comments are not preserved and data from any
                           include files will be output inline.

     -h, --help  Display a short help message to the standard output and
                 exit.

     -i input_format, --input-format=input_format
                 Specify the input format.  The following formats are sup‐
                 ported:

                 LDIF      LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) files can be
                           exported from an LDAP server to convert security
                           policies used by sudoers.ldap(5).  If a base DN
                           (distinguished name) is specified, only sudoRole
                           objects that match the base DN will be processed.
                           Not all sudoOptions specified in a sudoRole can
                           be translated from LDIF to sudoers format.

                 sudoers   Traditional sudoers format.  This is the default
                           input format.

     -I increment, --increment=increment
                 When generating LDIF output, increment each sudoOrder
                 attribute by the specified number.  Defaults to an incre‐
                 ment of 1.

     -m filter, --match=filter
                 Only output rules that match the specified filter.  A
                 filter expression is made up of one or more key = value
                 pairs, separated by a comma (‘,’).  The key may be “user”,
                 “group” or “host”.  For example, user = operator or host =
                 www.  An upper-case User_Alias or Host_Alias may be speci‐
                 fied as the “user” or “host”.

                 A matching sudoers rule may also include users, groups and
                 hosts that are not part of the filter.  This can happen
                 when a rule includes multiple users, groups or hosts.  To
                 prune out any non-matching user, group or host from the
                 rules, the -p option may be used.

                 By default, the password and group databases are not con‐
                 sulted when matching against the filter so the users and
                 groups do not need to be present on the local system (see
                 the -M option).  Only aliases that are referenced by the
                 filtered policy rules will be displayed.

     -M, --match-local
                 When the -m option is also specified, use password and
                 group database information when matching users and groups
                 in the filter.  Only users and groups in the filter that
                 exist on the local system will match, and a user's groups
                 will automatically be added to the filter.  If the -M is
                 not specified, users and groups in the filter do not need
                 to exist on the local system, but all groups used for
                 matching must be explicitly listed in the filter.

     -o output_file, --output=output_file
                 Write the converted output to output_file.  If no
                 output_file is specified, or if it is ‘-’, the converted
                 sudoers policy will be written to the standard output.

     -O start_point, --order-start=start_point
                 When generating LDIF output, use the number specified by
                 start_point in the sudoOrder attribute of the first sudo‐
                 Role object.  Subsequent sudoRole object use a sudoOrder
                 value generated by adding an increment, see the -I option
                 for details.  Defaults to a starting point of 1.  A start‐
                 ing point of 0 will disable the generation of sudoOrder
                 attributes in the resulting LDIF file.

     -p, --prune-matches
                 When the -m option is also specified, cvtsudoers will prune
                 out non-matching users, groups and hosts from matching
                 entries.

     -P padding, --padding=padding
                 When generating LDIF output, construct the initial sudo‐
                 Order value by concatenating order_start and increment,
                 padding the increment with zeros until it consists of
                 padding digits.  For example, if order_start is 1027,
                 padding is 3, and increment is 1, the value of sudoOrder
                 for the first entry will be 1027000, followed by 1027001,
                 1027002, etc.  If the number of sudoRole entries is larger
                 than the padding would allow, cvtsudoers will exit with an
                 error.  By default, no padding is performed.

     -s sections, --suppress=sections
                 Suppress the output of specific sections of the security
                 policy.  One or more section names may be specified, sepa‐
                 rated by a comma (‘,’).  The supported section name are:
                 defaults, aliases and privileges (which may be shortened to
                 privs).

     -V, --version
                 Print the cvtsudoers and sudoers grammar versions and exit.

     Options in the form “keyword = value” may also be specified in a con‐
     figuration file, /etc/cvtsudoers.conf by default.  The following key‐
     words are recognized:

     defaults = deftypes
           See the description of the -d command line option.

     expand_aliases = yes | no
           See the description of the -e command line option.

     input_format = ldif | sudoers
           See the description of the -i command line option.

     match = filter
           See the description of the -m command line option.

     order_increment = increment
           See the description of the -I command line option.

     order_start = start_point
           See the description of the -O command line option.

     output_format = json | ldif | sudoers
           See the description of the -f command line option.

     padding = padding
           See the description of the -P command line option.

     prune_matches = yes | no
           See the description of the -p command line option.

     sudoers_base = dn
           See the description of the -b command line option.

     suppress = sections
           See the description of the -s command line option.

     Options on the command line will override values from the configuration
     file.

FILES top

     /etc/cvtsudoers.conf      default configuration for cvtsudoers

EXAMPLES top

     Convert /etc/sudoers to LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) where the
     ldap.conf file uses a sudoers_base of my-domain,dc=com, storing the
     result in sudoers.ldif:

           $ cvtsudoers -b ou=SUDOers,dc=my-domain,dc=com -o sudoers.ldif \
                        /etc/sudoers

     Convert /etc/sudoers to JSON format, storing the result in
     sudoers.json:

           $ cvtsudoers -f json -o sudoers.json /etc/sudoers

     Parse /etc/sudoers and display only rules that match user ambrose on
     host hastur:

           $ cvtsudoers -f sudoers -m user=ambrose,host=hastur /etc/sudoers

     Same as above, but expand aliases and prune out any non-matching users
     and hosts from the expanded entries.

           $ cvtsudoers -ep -f sudoers -m user=ambrose,host=hastur /etc/sudoers

     Convert sudoers.ldif from LDIF to traditional sudoers format:

           $ cvtsudoers -i ldif -f sudoers -o sudoers.new sudoers.ldif

SEE ALSO top

     sudoers(5), sudoers.ldap(5), sudo(8)

AUTHORS top

     Many people have worked on sudo over the years; this version consists
     of code written primarily by:

           Todd C. Miller

     See the CONTRIBUTORS file in the sudo distribution
     (https://www.sudo.ws/contributors.html) for an exhaustive list of peo‐
     ple who have contributed to sudo.

BUGS top

     If you feel you have found a bug in cvtsudoers, please submit a bug
     report at https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/

SUPPORT top

     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.

DISCLAIMER top

     cvtsudoers is provided “AS IS” and any express or implied warranties,
     including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantabil‐
     ity and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.  See the
     LICENSE file distributed with sudo or https://www.sudo.ws/license.html
     for complete details.

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Sudo 1.9.2                    December 11, 2018                   Sudo 1.9.2