HP OpenView System Administration Handbook [Electronic resources] : Network Node Manager, Customer Views, Service Information Portal, HP OpenView Operations

20.10 SUDO

Sudo is a public domain software program. It provides a layer of control on the use of root user privileges available during a session. The root account is the only account on the system with unrestricted privileges. If a security policy is adopted and requires a mechanism that restricts the root user privileges, Sudo is a program adopted by many UNIX system administrators. Advantages of Sudo include:

• Selected root user privileges can be distributed as required to operators

• The root password is not required to execute commands with Sudo

• Commands executed via Sudo are logged

• Root user privileges can be revoked without changes to the root password

• Privileged users and their privileges are maintained in a secure list

20.10.1 Download the Public Domain Sudo Program

Obtain the software from the HP Public Software Domain at http://software.hp.com. The depot name is sudo-x.x.xxx-sd-xx.xx.depot.

Download the software to the public domain software directory on the server. The example uses the directory /opt. After downloading the depot, install it using the command

swinstall s /opt/xxxxxxxx.depot x allow_incompatible=true sudo