Sudo ...

[Snyder, Alexander]

correction .... we have a "logs" symlink in a home directory (previously
written as a "/logs" directory.

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On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Snyder, Alexander <alex at misteralexander.com>
wrote:

> No, this is for a work system ... it's incredibly locked down.  You only
> have free reign in your home directory.  *Everything and everywhere else* is
> a sudo request.  We have a /logs directory in a home directory that points
> to a "/var/log/xyz/abc.log" location, but we were unsure if we could simply
> request "/home/user/logs", or if we needed a separate request for the /var
> location as well.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> you can use the symlink, and maybe grant group access to the symlink that
>> should give you access to the other location. but generally speaking normal
>> users have read access to /var. so you should not need elevated credentials.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Snyder, Alexander <
>> alex at misteralexander.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know if you grant sudo access to a symlink, does that grant
>>> access to the destination?
>>>
>>> Like this ... inside the sudoers file, I have:
>>>
>>> /bin/cat * /home/user/logs
>>>
>>> "logs" is a symlink pointing to:  /var/log/httpd/
>>>
>>> will that work, or will i need to specify the direct path?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex.
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>>
>> Stephen
>>
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