How To Install sudo.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sudo.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sudo.x86_64 is Allows restricted root access for specified users

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sudo.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `sudo.x86_64`

Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root while logging all commands and arguments. Sudo operates on a per-command basis. It is not a replacement for the shell. Features include user may run on a per-host basis, copious logging of each command (providing a clear audit trail of who did what), a configurable timeout of the sudo command, and the ability to use the same configuration file (sudoers) on many different machines.

We can use yum to install sudo.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sudo.x86_64.

Install sudo.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sudo.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sudo.x86_64

How To Uninstall sudo.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the sudo.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove sudo.x86_64

sudo.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/pam.d/sudo
/etc/pam.d/sudo-i
/etc/sudo-ldap.conf
/etc/sudo.conf
/etc/sudoers
/etc/sudoers.d
/usr/bin/cvtsudoers
/usr/bin/sudo
/usr/bin/sudoedit
/usr/bin/sudoreplay
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sudo.conf
/usr/libexec/sudo/group_file.so
/usr/libexec/sudo/libsudo_util.so
/usr/libexec/sudo/libsudo_util.so.0
/usr/libexec/sudo/libsudo_util.so.0.0.0
/usr/libexec/sudo/sesh
/usr/libexec/sudo/sudo_noexec.so
/usr/libexec/sudo/sudoers.so
/usr/libexec/sudo/system_group.so
/usr/sbin/visudo
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/README
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/README.LDAP
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/TROUBLESHOOTING
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/UPGRADE
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/examples
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/examples/pam.conf
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/examples/sudo.conf
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/examples/sudoers
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/examples/syslog.conf
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/schema.ActiveDirectory
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/schema.OpenLDAP
/usr/share/doc/sudo-1.8.23/schema.iPlanet
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/sudoers.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/sudo.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/cvtsudoers.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sudo-ldap.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sudo.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sudoers.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sudoers.ldap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sudoers_timestamp.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sudo.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sudoedit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sudoreplay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/visudo.8.gz
/var/db/sudo
/var/db/sudo/lectured

References

sudo.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sudo.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.