# Rudo



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# Description
**Rudo** "RustUser do" allows a system administrator to give certain
users the ability to run some commands as **root** or another user while
logging all commands and it's arguments.
# Package
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/remilauzier/rudo/
# Functionality
* You can give **Rudo** a command to execute like `rudo some-command with-args`
* You can invoke a shell with `rudo -s` or `rudo --shell`
* You can change the user to impersonate with `rudo -u some-user` or `rudo --user some-user`
* You can edit document with the editor specify in your environment variable with `rudo -e some-document` or `rudo --edit some-document`
* You can log debug journal to **Journald** with `rudo -d` or `rudo --debug`
* You can start the user greeting with `rudo -g` or `rudo --greeting`
# Configuration
* The config file is in **YAML** and must be at `/etc/rudo.conf` or it will be create
* **Invalid** file will be **REMOVE** and **REPLACED** with default
* You can change the user to impersonate
* You can change the group the user must be member to have authorization
* You can remove the password obligation **at your own risk**
* You can remove the greeting of the user
* You can decide which user is authorized to use **Rudo**
# Problem
You need to change the owner of the binary to root for now to make it work
* `sudo chown root:root`
* `sudo chmod 4755`
# License
**GPLv2 or later**
# Warning
**No guaranty of security for now**