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I'm a big fan of the Sudo[1] command. This tool, available on every UNIX flavor, allows system administrators to provide access to certain users/groups to certain commands as root or another user. This is performed with a lot of granularity in the access rights and logging/reporting features. I'm using it for many years and I'm still learning great stuff about it. Yesterday, at the Pass-The-Salt[2] conference, Peter Czanik presented a great feature of Sudo (available since version 1.9): the ability to extend features using Python modules! There are several scenarios where Python can be used:
Read the original article: Using Sudo with Python For More Security Controls, (Thu, Jul 8th)