The output of 'sudo -l -U <someuser>' shows the 'sudo' commands granted to the invoker, in addition to those granted to the <someuser>

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The following command output is observed on the system.
# sudo -l -U sshd

User sshd may run the following commands on this host:
   (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

This output is wrong, as actually sshd has not been given any sudo permission.

  • When listing commands granted to a different user via "sudo -l -U", the output will list commands granted to any group that the invoker is a member of, in addition to the actual privileges of the specified user

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6

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