Authenticated sudo permissions
The default SSMC appliance does not expect the user to provide password each time they attempt to escalate their privilege using
sudo grants. Standards security requires that whenever there is a request for privilege escalation, the user password is required.
Execute the following command to configure password to be required for
ssmcadmin, whenever a privilege escalation is requested using the
sudo facility:
sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o sudo_password -a enableExecute the following command to reset the sudo password requirement at every privilege escalation event using the
sudo facility:
sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o sudo_password -a disable