8.6. Creating a sudo rule in the IdM WebUI that runs a command as a service account on an IdM client

Procedure

1. Add the /opt/third-party-app/bin/report command to the IdM database of sudo commands:

   1. Navigate to Policy Sudo Sudo Commands.
   2. Click Add in the upper right corner to open the Add sudo command dialog box.

   3. Enter the command: /opt/third-party-app/bin/report.

      
   4. Click Add.

2. Use the new sudo command entry to create the new sudo rule:

   1. Navigate to Policy Sudo Sudo rules.
   2. Click Add in the upper right corner to open the Add sudo rule dialog box.

   3. Enter the name of the sudo rule: run_third-party-app_report.

      
   4. Click Add and Edit.

   5. Specify the user:

      1. In the Who section, check the Specified Users and Groups radio button.
      2. In the User category the rule applies to subsection, click Add to open the Add users into sudo rule "run_third-party-app_report" dialog box.

      3. In the Add users into sudo rule "run_third-party-app_report" dialog box in the Available column, check the idm_user checkbox, and move it to the Prospective column.

         
      4. Click Add.

   6. Specify the host:

      1. In the Access this host section, check the Specified Hosts and Groups radio button.
      2. In the Host category this rule applies to subsection, click Add to open the Add hosts into sudo rule "run_third-party-app_report" dialog box.

      3. In the Add hosts into sudo rule "run_third-party-app_report" dialog box in the Available column, check the idmclient.idm.example.com checkbox, and move it to the Prospective column.

         
      4. Click Add.

   7. Specify the commands:

      1. In the Command category the rule applies to subsection of the Run Commands section, check the Specified Commands and Groups radio button.
      2. In the Sudo Allow Commands subsection, click Add to open the Add allow sudo commands into sudo rule "run_third-party-app_report" dialog box.

      3. In the Add allow sudo commands into sudo rule "run_third-party-app_report" dialog box in the Available column, check the /opt/third-party-app/bin/report checkbox, and move it to the Prospective column.

         
      4. Click Add to return to the run_third-party-app_report page.

   8. Specify the RunAs user:

      1. In the As Whom section, check the Specified Users and Groups radio button.
      2. In the RunAs Users subsection, click Add to open the Add RunAs users into sudo rule "run_third-party-app_report" dialog box.

      3. In the Add RunAs users into sudo rule "run_third-party-app_report" dialog box, enter the thirdpartyapp service account in the External box and move it to the Prospective column.

         
      4. Click Add to return to the run_third-party-app_report page.

   9. Click Save in the top left corner.

      The new rule is enabled by default.

      The following image shows the details of a sudo rule created in the IdM Web UI:

      
   참고

   Propagating the changes from the server to the client can take a few minutes.

Verification

1. Log in to the idmclient host as the idm_user account.

2. Test the new sudo rule:

   1. Display which sudo rules the idm_user account is allowed to perform.

      [idm_user@idmclient ~]$ sudo -l
      Matching Defaults entries for idm_user@idm.example.com on idmclient:
          !visiblepw, always_set_home, match_group_by_gid, always_query_group_plugin,
          env_reset, env_keep="COLORS DISPLAY HOSTNAME HISTSIZE KDEDIR LS_COLORS",
          env_keep+="MAIL PS1 PS2 QTDIR USERNAME LANG LC_ADDRESS LC_CTYPE",
          env_keep+="LC_COLLATE LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES",
          env_keep+="LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER LC_TELEPHONE",
          env_keep+="LC_TIME LC_ALL LANGUAGE LINGUAS _XKB_CHARSET XAUTHORITY KRB5CCNAME",
          secure_path=/sbin\:/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin
      
      User idm_user@idm.example.com may run the following commands on idmclient:
          (thirdpartyapp) /opt/third-party-app/bin/report

   2. Run the report command as the thirdpartyapp service account.

      [idm_user@idmclient ~]$ sudo -u thirdpartyapp /opt/third-party-app/bin/report
      [sudo] password for idm_user@idm.example.com:
      Executing report...
      Report successful.