How to allow sudo'ing to any user "sudo su - user" except root?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

How to allow sudo'ing to any user sudo su - other-user except root?

  • A non-root user bob requires to switch to any other users, i.e.:

    • sudo su - other-user
  • However, becoming root via sudo must be denied:

    • sudo su -
    • sudo su - root
    • sudo -i

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) / FreeIPA
    • sudo

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