GEEK GUIDE Beyond Sudo: How to Know You Have Outgrown It (and What to Do) Table of Contents About the Sponsor ..................................................................4 Introduction ..............................................................................5 A Bit of Sudo History ...............................................................7 Sudo Usage ..............................................................................8 Sudo Defaults ........................................................................12 Aliases ....................................................................................16 A More Complex Example ....................................................16 Other Security Tools ..............................................................19 Sudo Shortcomings ...............................................................21 Next-Generation Tools ..........................................................22 Key Capabilities in Achieving Advanced Security and Compliance Use Cases on UNIX and Linux Platforms ......24 GREG BLEDSOE is a Managing Consultant with Accenture in the DevOps Architecture Practice. He has more than 20 years of hard-fought experience in security and operations, having been a developer, network engineer, sysadmin, techops manager, Vice President of Operations and CISO. You can reach him at
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