raou ==== raou is a lightweight sudo-like tool for Linux. It allows a user to execute programs as another user without entering the password. However, the programs (including the parameters) a user can run are explicitly specified by the administrator. Originally written in C, it's now reimplemented in Rust. By default, raou looks in /etc/raou.d/ for config files. If you run "raou backup", it will look for /etc/raou.d/backup. Example config file: user john target_user root path /usr/local/bin/script.sh *user* is the name of the user who you want to give permissions to execute *path* as the *target_user*. *path* must contain the absolute path. Optional fields --------------- *args*: If you want to leave out optional arguments (argv) to *path*, simply don't include this. Otherwise, simply specify them args -v -ltr *allow_args*: Allow arbitrary arguments, so: raou backup /path Will launch "path" as specified in the file for the backup entry, but with "/path" as argv[1] instead of the arguments specified with "args". *no_new_privs*: Defaults to 1. Processes launched with this option active won't be able to gain more privileges, even when they call setuid programs. *env_vars*: A comma-separated list of environment variables to inherit from the current environment. Everything else will be wiped (but others like HOME, SHELL etc. will be appropriately set). *argv0*: Set this option if you want to provide your own value as "argv0" The default is the name of the launched binary (not the whole path).