SUDO_LOGSRVD.CONF(5)

NAME
sudo_logsrvd.conf - configuration for sudo_logsrvd

DESCRIPTION
The sudo_logsrvd.conf file is used to configure the sudo_logsrvd log server. It uses an INI-style format made up of sections in square brackets and “key = value” pairs specific to each section below the section name. Depending on the key, values may be integers, booleans or strings. Section and key names are not case sensitive, but values are.

The pound sign (‘#’) is used to indicate a comment. Both the comment character and any text after it, up to the end of the line, are ignored. Lines beginning with a semi-colon (‘’); are also ignored.

Long lines can be continued with a backslash (‘\’) as the last character on the line. Note that leading white space is removed from the beginning of lines even when the continuation character is used.

The EXAMPLES section contains a copy of the default sudo_logsrvd.conf file.

The following configuration sections are recognized:

•   server
•   relay
•   iolog
•   eventlog
•   syslog
•   logfile

Each section is described in detail below.

  server
The server section configures the address and port the server will listen on. The following keys are recognized:

listen_address = host[:port][(tls)]
    The host name or IP address, optional port to listen on and an optional Transport Layer Security (TLS) flag in parentheses.

    The host may be a host name, an IPv4 address, an IPv6 address in square brackets or the wild card entry ‘*’. A host setting of ‘*’ will cause sudo_logsrvd to listen on all configured network interfaces.

    If the optional tls flag is present, sudo_logsrvd will secure the connection with TLS version 1.2 or 1.3. Versions of TLS prior to 1.2 are not supported. See sudo_logsrvd(8) for details on generating TLS keys and certificates.

    If a port is specified, it may either be a port number or a known service name as defined by the system service name database. If no port is specified, port 30343 will be used for plaintext connections and port 30344 will be used for TLS connections.

    The default value is:
        listen_address = *:30343
        listen_address = *:30344(tls)

    which will listen on all configured network interfaces for both plaintext and TLS connections. Multiple listen_address lines may be specified to listen on more than one port or interface.

pid_file = path
    The path to the file containing the process ID of the running sudo_logsrvd. If set to an empty value, or if sudo_logsrvd is run with the -n option, no pid_file will be created. If pid_file refers to a symbolic link, it will be ignored. The default value is /var/run/sudo/sudo_logsrvd.pid.

tcp_keepalive = boolean
    If true, sudo_logsrvd will enable the TCP keepalive socket option on the client connection. This enables the periodic transmission of keepalive messages to the client. If the client does not respond to a message in time, the connection will be closed.

timeout = number
    The amount of time, in seconds, sudo_logsrvd will wait for the client to respond. A value of 0 will disable the timeout. The default value is 30.

tls_cacert = path
    The path to a certificate authority bundle file, in PEM format, to use instead of the system's default certificate authority database when authenticating clients. The default is to use /etc/ssl/sudo/cacert.pem if it exists, otherwise the system's default certificate authority database is used.

tls_cert = path
    The path to the server's certificate file, in PEM format. The default value is /etc/ssl/sudo/certs/logsrvd_cert.pem.

tls_checkpeer = bool
    If true, client certificates will be validated by sudo_logsrvd; clients without a valid certificate will be unable to connect. If false, no validation of client certificates will be performed. It true and client certificates are created using a private certificate authority, the tls_cacert setting must be set to a CA bundle that contains the CA certificate used to generate the client certificate. The default value is false.

tls_ciphers_v12 = string
    A list of ciphers to use for connections secured by TLS version 1.2 only, separated by a colon ‘’:. See the CIPHER LIST FORMAT section in openssl-ciphers(1) for full details. The default value is HIGH:!aNULL which consists of encryption cipher suites with key lengths larger than 128 bits, and some cipher suites with 128-bit keys. Cipher suites that offer no authentication are excluded.

tls_ciphers_v13 = string
    A list of ciphers to use for connections secured by TLS version 1.3 only, separated by a colon ‘’:. Supported cipher suites depend on the version of OpenSSL used, but should include the following:

    TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
    TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
    TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
    TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256
    TLS_AES_128_CCM_8_SHA256

    The default cipher suite is TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384.

tls_dhparams = path
    The path to a file containing custom Diffie-Hellman parameters in PEM format. This file can be created with the following command:

        openssl dhparam -out /etc/sudo_logsrvd_dhparams.pem 2048

    By default, sudo_logsrvd will use the OpenSSL defaults for Diffie-Hellman key generation.

tls_key = path
    The path to the server's private key file, in PEM format. The default value is /etc/ssl/sudo/private/logsrvd_key.pem.

tls_verify = bool
    If true, the server certificate will be verified at startup and clients will authenticate the server by verifying its certificate and identity. If false, no verification is performed of the server certificate by the server or the client. When using self-signed certificates without a certificate authority, this setting should be set to false. The default value is true.

  relay
The relay section configures the optional logsrv relay host and port the server will connect to. The TLS configuration keys are optional, by default the corresponding keys in the server section will be used. They are only present in this section to make it possible for the relay connection to use a different set of TLS parameters from the client-facing server. The following keys are recognized:

connect_timeout = number
    The amount of time, in seconds, sudo_logsrvd will wait for the connection to a relay_host (see below) to complete. Once the connection is complete, the timeout setting controls the amount of time sudo_logsrvd will wait for the relay to respond. A value of 0 will disable the timeout. The default value is 30.

relay_dir = path
    The directory in which log messages are temporarily stored before they are sent to the relay host. Messages are stored in the wire format specified by sudo_logsrv.proto(5) The default value is /var/log/sudo_logsrvd.

relay_host = host[:port][(tls)]
    The relay host name or IP address, optional port to connect to and an optional Transport Layer Security (TLS) flag in parentheses. The syntax is identical to listen_address in the server section with one exception: the wild card ‘*’ syntax is not supported.

    When this setting is enabled, messages from the client will be forwarded to one of the specified relay hosts instead of being stored locally. The host could be running an instance of sudo_logsrvd or another server that supports the sudo_logsrv.proto(5) protocol.

    If multiple relay_host lines are specified, the first available relay host will be used.

retry_interval = number
    The number of seconds to wait after a connection error before making a new attempt to forward a message to a relay host. The default value is 30 seconds.

store_first = boolean
    If true, sudo_logsrvd will store logs locally before relaying them. Once the log is complete, a connection to the relay host is opened and the log is relayed. If the network connection is interrupted before the log can be fully transferred, it will be retransmitted later. The default is to relay logs in real-time.

tcp_keepalive = boolean
    If true, sudo_logsrvd will enable the TCP keepalive socket option on the relay connection. This enables the periodic transmission of keepalive messages to the relay server. If the relay does not respond to a message in time, the connection will be closed.

timeout = number
    The amount of time, in seconds, sudo_logsrvd will wait for the relay server to respond after a connection has succeeded. A value of 0 will disable the timeout. The default value is 30.

tls_cacert = path
    The path to a certificate authority bundle file, in PEM format, to use instead of the system's default certificate authority database when authenticating clients. The default is to use the value specified in the server section, or the system's default certificate authority database if no value is set.

tls_cert = path
    The path to the server's certificate file, in PEM format. The default is to use the value specified in the server section.

tls_checkpeer = bool
    If true, the relay host's certificate will be validated by sudo_logsrvd; connections to a relay without a valid certificate will fail. If false, no validation of relay certificates will be performed. It true and relay certificates are created using a private certificate authority, the tls_cacert setting must be set to a CA bundle that contains the CA certificate used to generate the relay certificate. The default is to use the value specified in the server section.

tls_ciphers_v12 = string
    A list of ciphers to use for connections secured by TLS version 1.2 only, separated by a colon ‘’:. See the CIPHER LIST FORMAT section in openssl-ciphers(1) for full details. The default is to use the value specified in the server section.

tls_ciphers_v13 = string
    A list of ciphers to use for connections secured by TLS version 1.3 only, separated by a colon ‘’:. Supported cipher suites depend on the version of OpenSSL used, see the server section for more information. The default is to use the value specified in the server section.

tls_dhparams = path
    The path to a file containing custom Diffie-Hellman parameters in PEM format. The default is to use the value specified in the server section.

tls_key = path
    The path to the server's private key file, in PEM format. The default is to use the value specified in the server section.

tls_verify = bool
    If true, the server's certificate used for relaying will be verified at startup. If false, no verification is performed of the server certificate. When using self-signed certificates without a certificate authority, this setting should be set to false. The default is to use the value specified in the server section.

  iolog
The iolog section configures I/O log parameters. These settings are identical to the I/O configuration in sudoers(5). The following keys are recognized:

iolog_compress = boolean
    If set, I/O logs will be compressed using zlib. Enabling compression can make it harder to view the logs in real-time as the program is executing due to buffering. The default value is false.

iolog_dir = path
    The top-level directory to use when constructing the path name for the I/O log directory. The session sequence number, if any, is stored in the directory. The default value is /var/log/sudo-io.

    The following percent (‘%’) escape sequences are supported:

    %{seq}
        expanded to a monotonically increasing base-36 sequence number, such as 0100A5, where every two digits are used to form a new directory, e.g., 01/00/A5

    %{user}
        expanded to the invoking user's login name

    %{group}
        expanded to the name of the invoking user's real group-ID

    %{runas_user}
        expanded to the login name of the user the command will be run as (e.g., root)

    %{runas_group}
        expanded to the group name of the user the command will be run as (e.g., wheel)

    %{hostname}
        expanded to the local host name without the domain name

    %{command}
        expanded to the base name of the command being run

    In addition, any escape sequences supported by the system's strftime(3) function will be expanded.

    To include a literal ‘%’ character, the string ‘%%’ should be used.

iolog_file = path
    The path name, relative to iolog_dir, in which to store I/O logs. Note that iolog_file may contain directory components. The default value is %{seq}.

    See the iolog_dir setting above for a list of supported percent (‘%’) escape sequences.

    In addition to the escape sequences, path names that end in six or more Xs will have the Xs replaced with a unique combination of digits and letters, similar to the mktemp(3) function.

    If the path created by concatenating iolog_dir and iolog_file already exists, the existing I/O log file will be truncated and overwritten unless iolog_file ends in six or more Xs.

iolog_flush = boolean
    If set, I/O log data is flushed to disk after each write instead of buffering it. This makes it possible to view the logs in real-time as the program is executing but may significantly reduce the effectiveness of I/O log compression. The default value is true.

iolog_group = name
    The group name to look up when setting the group-ID on new I/O log files and directories. If iolog_group is not set, the primary group-ID of the user specified by iolog_user is used. If neither iolog_group nor iolog_user are set, I/O log files and directories are created with group-ID 0.

iolog_mode = mode
    The file mode to use when creating I/O log files. Mode bits for read and write permissions for owner, group or other are honored, everything else is ignored. The file permissions will always include the owner read and write bits, even if they are not present in the specified mode. When creating I/O log directories, search (execute) bits are added to match the read and write bits specified by iolog_mode. The default value is 0600.

iolog_user = name
    The user name to look up when setting the owner of new I/O log files and directories. If iolog_group is set, it will be used instead of the user's primary group-ID. By default, I/O log files and directories are created with user and group-ID 0.

maxseq = number
    The maximum sequence number that will be substituted for the “%{seq}” escape in the I/O log file (see the iolog_dir description above for more information). While the value substituted for “%{seq}” is in base 36, maxseq itself should be expressed in decimal. Values larger than 2176782336 (which corresponds to the base 36 sequence number “ZZZZZZ”) will be silently truncated to 2176782336. The default value is 2176782336.

  eventlog
The eventlog section configures how (and if) security policy events are logged.

log_type = string
    Where to log accept, reject and alert events reported by the policy. Supported values are syslog, logfile, and none. The default value is syslog.

log_format = string
    The event log format. Supported log formats are “sudo” for traditional sudo-style logs and “json” for JSON-format logs. The JSON log entries contain the full contents of the accept, reject and alert messages. The default value is sudo.

  syslog
The syslog section configures how events are logged via syslog(3).

facility = string
    Syslog facility if syslog is being used for logging. Defaults to authpriv.

    The following syslog facilities are supported: authpriv (if your OS supports it), auth, daemon, user, local0, local1, local2, local3, local4, local5, local6, and local7.

accept_priority = string
    Syslog priority to use when the user is allowed to run a command and authentication is successful. Defaults to notice.

    The following syslog priorities are supported: alert, crit, debug, emerg, err, info, notice, warning, and none. Setting it to a value of none will disable logging of successful commands.

reject_priority = string
    Syslog priority to use when the user is not allowed to run a command or when authentication is unsuccessful. Defaults to alert.

    See accept_priority for the list of supported syslog priorities.

alert_priority = string
    Syslog priority to use for event log alert messages received from the client. Defaults to alert.

    See accept_priority for the list of supported syslog priorities.

maxlen = number
    On many systems, syslog(3) has a relatively small log buffer. IETF RFC 5424 states that syslog servers must support messages of at least 480 bytes and should support messages up to 2048 bytes. By default, sudo_logsrvd creates log messages up to 960 bytes which corresponds to the historic BSD syslog implementation which used a 1024 byte buffer to store the message, date, hostname and program name.

    To prevent syslog messages from being truncated, sudo_logsrvd will split up sudo-style log messages that are larger than maxlen bytes. When a message is split, additional parts will include the string “(command continued)” after the user name and before the continued command line arguments. JSON-format log entries are never split and are not affected by maxlen.

  logfile
The logfile section consists of settings related to logging to a plain file (not syslog).

path = string
    The path to the file-based event log. This path must be fully-qualified and start with a ‘/’ character. The default value is /var/log/sudo.log.

time_format = string
    The string used when formatting the date and time for file-based event logs. Formatting is performed via the system's strftime(3) function so any escape sequences supported by that function will be expanded. The default value is “%h %e %T” which produces dates like “Oct 3 07:15:24” in the C locale.

FILES

/etc/sudo_logsrvd.conf
    Sudo log server configuration file

EXAMPLES

    #
    # sudo logsrv daemon configuration
    #
    [server]
    # The host name or IP address and port to listen on with an optional TLS
    # flag.  If no port is specified, port 30343 will be used for plaintext
    # connections and port 30344 will be used to TLS connections.
    # The following forms are accepted:
    #   listen_address = hostname(tls)
    #   listen_address = hostname:port(tls)
    #   listen_address = IPv4_address(tls)
    #   listen_address = IPv4_address:port(tls)
    #   listen_address = [IPv6_address](tls)
    #   listen_address = [IPv6_address]:port(tls)
    #
    # The (tls) suffix should be omitted for plaintext connections.
    #
    # Multiple listen_address settings may be specified.
    # The default is to listen on all addresses.
    #listen_address = *:30343
    #listen_address = *:30344(tls)
    # The file containing the ID of the running sudo_logsrvd process.
    #pid_file = /var/run/sudo/sudo_logsrvd.pid
    # If true, enable the SO_KEEPALIVE socket option on client connections.
    #tcp_keepalive = true
    # The amount of time, in seconds, the server will wait for the client to
    # respond.  A value of 0 will disable the timeout.  The default value is 30.
    #timeout = 30
    # If true, the server certificate will be verified at startup and clients
    # will authenticate the server by verifying its certificate and identity.
    #tls_verify = true
    # If true, client certificates will be validated by the server;
    # clients without a valid certificate will be unable to connect.
    # By default, client certs are not checked.
    #tls_checkpeer = false
    # Path to a certificate authority bundle file in PEM format to use
    # instead of the system's default certificate authority database.
    #tls_cacert = /etc/ssl/sudo/cacert.pem
    # Path to the server's certificate file in PEM format.
    # Required for TLS connections.
    #tls_cert = /etc/ssl/sudo/certs/logsrvd_cert.pem
    # Path to the server's private key file in PEM format.
    # Required for TLS connections.
    #tls_key = /etc/ssl/sudo/private/logsrvd_key.pem
    # TLS cipher list (see "CIPHER LIST FORMAT" in the openssl-ciphers manual).
    # NOTE that this setting is only effective if the negotiated protocol
    # is TLS version 1.2.
    # The default cipher list is HIGH:!aNULL.
    #tls_ciphers_v12 = HIGH:!aNULL
    # TLS cipher list if the negotiated protocol is TLS version 1.3.
    # The default cipher list is TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384.
    #tls_ciphers_v13 = TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
    # Path to the Diffie-Hellman parameter file in PEM format.
    # If not set, the server will use the OpenSSL defaults.
    #tls_dhparams = /etc/ssl/sudo/logsrvd_dhparams.pem
    [relay]
    # The host name or IP address and port to send logs to in relay mode.
    # The syntax is identical to listen_address with the exception of
    # the wild card ('*') syntax.  When this setting is enabled, logs will
    # be relayed to the specified host instead of being stored locally.
    # This setting is not enabled by default.
    #relay_host = relayhost.dom.ain
    #relay_host = relayhost.dom.ain(tls)
    # The amount of time, in seconds, the server will wait for a connection
    # to the relay server to complete.  A value of 0 will disable the timeout.
    # The default value is 30.
    #connect_timeout = 30
    # The directory to store messages in before they are sent to the relay.
    # Messages are stored in wire format.
    # The default value is /var/log/sudo_logsrvd.
    #relay_dir = /var/log/sudo_logsrvd
    # The number of seconds to wait after a connection error before
    # making a new attempt to forward a message to a relay host.
    # The default value is 30.
    #retry_interval = 30
    # Whether to store the log before relaying it.  If true, enable store
    # and forward mode.  If false, the client connection is immediately
    # relayed.  Defaults to false.
    #store_first = true
    # If true, enable the SO_KEEPALIVE socket option on relay connections.
    #tcp_keepalive = true
    # The amount of time, in seconds, the server will wait for the relay to
    # respond.  A value of 0 will disable the timeout.  The default value is 30.
    #timeout = 30
    # If true, the server's relay certificate will be verified at startup.
    # The default is to use the value in the [server] section.
    #tls_verify = true
    # Whether to verify the relay's certificate for TLS connections.
    # The default is to use the value in the [server] section.
    #tls_checkpeer = false
    # Path to a certificate authority bundle file in PEM format to use
    # instead of the system's default certificate authority database.
    # The default is to use the value in the [server] section.
    #tls_cacert = /etc/ssl/sudo/cacert.pem
    # Path to the server's certificate file in PEM format.
    # The default is to use the certificate in the [server] section.
    #tls_cert = /etc/ssl/sudo/certs/logsrvd_cert.pem
    # Path to the server's private key file in PEM format.
    # The default is to use the key in the [server] section.
    #tls_key = /etc/ssl/sudo/private/logsrvd_key.pem
    # TLS cipher list (see "CIPHER LIST FORMAT" in the openssl-ciphers manual).
    # NOTE that this setting is only effective if the negotiated protocol
    # is TLS version 1.2.
    # The default is to use the value in the [server] section.
    #tls_ciphers_v12 = HIGH:!aNULL
    # TLS cipher list if the negotiated protocol is TLS version 1.3.
    # The default is to use the value in the [server] section.
    #tls_ciphers_v13 = TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
    # Path to the Diffie-Hellman parameter file in PEM format.
    # The default is to use the value in the [server] section.
    #tls_dhparams = /etc/ssl/sudo/logsrvd_dhparams.pem
    [iolog]
    # The top-level directory to use when constructing the path name for the
    # I/O log directory.  The session sequence number, if any, is stored here.
    #iolog_dir = /var/log/sudo-io
    # The path name, relative to iolog_dir, in which to store I/O logs.
    # Note that iolog_file may contain directory components.
    #iolog_file = %{seq}
    # If set, I/O logs will be compressed using zlib.  Enabling compression can
    # make it harder to view the logs in real-time as the program is executing.
    #iolog_compress = false
    # If set, I/O log data is flushed to disk after each write instead of
    # buffering it.  This makes it possible to view the logs in real-time
    # as the program is executing but reduces the effectiveness of compression.
    #iolog_flush = true
    # The group to use when creating new I/O log files and directories.
    # If iolog_group is not set, the primary group-ID of the user specified
    # by iolog_user is used.  If neither iolog_group nor iolog_user
    # are set, I/O log files and directories are created with group-ID 0.
    #iolog_group = wheel
    # The user to use when setting the user-ID and group-ID of new I/O
    # log files and directories.  If iolog_group is set, it will be used
    # instead of the user's primary group-ID.  By default, I/O log files
    # and directories are created with user and group-ID 0.
    #iolog_user = root
    # The file mode to use when creating I/O log files.  The file permissions
    # will always include the owner read and write bits, even if they are
    # not present in the specified mode.  When creating I/O log directories,
    # search (execute) bits are added to match the read and write bits
    # specified by iolog_mode.
    #iolog_mode = 0600
    # The maximum sequence number that will be substituted for the "%{seq}"
    # escape in the I/O log file.  While the value substituted for "%{seq}"
    # is in base 36, maxseq itself should be expressed in decimal.  Values
    # larger than 2176782336 (which corresponds to the base 36 sequence
    # number "ZZZZZZ") will be silently truncated to 2176782336.
    #maxseq = 2176782336
    [eventlog]
    # Where to log accept, reject and alert events.
    # Accepted values are syslog, logfile, or none.
    # Defaults to syslog
    #log_type = syslog
    # Event log format.
    # Currently only sudo-style event logs are supported.
    #log_format = sudo
    [syslog]
    # The maximum length of a syslog payload.
    # On many systems, syslog(3) has a relatively small log buffer.
    # IETF RFC 5424 states that syslog servers must support messages
    # of at least 480 bytes and should support messages up to 2048 bytes.
    # Messages larger than this value will be split into multiple messages.
    #maxlen = 960
    # The syslog facility to use for event log messages.
    # The following syslog facilities are supported: authpriv (if your OS
    # supports it), auth, daemon, user, local0, local1, local2, local3,
    # local4, local5, local6, and local7.
    #facility = authpriv
    # Syslog priority to use for event log accept messages, when the command
    # is allowed by the security policy.  The following syslog priorities are
    # supported: alert, crit, debug, emerg, err, info, notice, warning, none.
    #accept_priority = notice
    # Syslog priority to use for event log reject messages, when the command
    # is not allowed by the security policy.
    #reject_priority = alert
    # Syslog priority to use for event log alert messages reported by the
    # client.
    #alert_priority = alert
    [logfile]
    # The path to the file-based event log.
    # This path must be fully-qualified and start with a '/' character.
    #path = /var/log/sudo
    # The format string used when formatting the date and time for
    # file-based event logs.  Formatting is performed via strftime(3) so
    # any format string supported by that function is allowed.
    #time_format = %h %e %T

SEE ALSO
strftime(3), sudo.conf(5), sudoers(5), sudo(8), sudo_logsrvd(8)

HISTORY
See the HISTORY file in the sudo distribution (https://www.sudo.ws/history.html) for a brief history of sudo.

AUTHORS
Many people have worked on sudo over the years; this version consists of code written primarily by:

Todd C. Miller

See the CONTRIBUTORS file in the sudo distribution (https://www.sudo.ws/contributors.html) for an exhaustive list of people who have contributed to sudo.

BUGS
If you feel you have found a bug in sudo, please submit a bug report at https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/

SUPPORT
Limited free support is available via the sudo-users mailing list, see https://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-users to subscribe or search the archives.

DISCLAIMER
sudo is provided “AS IS” and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. See the LICENSE file distributed with sudo or https://www.sudo.ws/license.html for complete details.