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 with "/path" as argv[1] instead of the argument specified with "args" in the config file. **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).