Bug 1418756

Summary: RFE: sudo should add itself to the dnf/yum protected packages list
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Matthew Miller <mattdm>
Component: sudoAssignee: Jiří Vymazal <jvymazal>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: dkopecek, jvymazal, kzak, mleeds, rsroka, skitt, tosykora
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Description Matthew Miller 2017-02-02 16:25:30 UTC
During installation, we don't require a root password to be set if a user with sudo (wheel) access exists. The only thing protecting a user from removing sudo with dnf by accident (perhaps in trying to remove vim-minimal) is one easily-misanswered prompt.

I recommend adding a file 

  /etc/yum/protected.d/sudo.conf

with the contents

  sudo


This will result in 

  $ sudo dnf remove sudo
  Error: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: sudo


If someone _needs_ to shoot themselves in this particular foot, they could either `rm /etc/yum/protected.d/sudo.conf` first, or just use RPM directly and bypass DNF's protected-packages mechanism.

Comment 1 Matthew Leeds 2017-04-02 23:57:35 UTC
I just accidentally removed sudo on an F25 machine in exactly the way mentioned (by trying to remove vim-minimal) so I'd like to concur that this is a great idea! :)

Comment 2 Jiří Vymazal 2017-04-10 10:48:44 UTC
build with sudo in protected packages present in rawhide

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-04-10 10:57:55 UTC
sudo-1.8.20-0.1.b1.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-1efe08aafc

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-04-11 00:26:15 UTC
sudo-1.8.20-0.1.b1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-1efe08aafc

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2017-04-12 14:53:30 UTC
sudo-1.8.20-0.1.b1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.