Quest Software offers plug-in for Sudo management

Quest Software has announced the launch of a management tool for the open source user permission software Sudo.

Launching Quest One Privilege Manager for Sudo, it said that it offers seamless, centralised and automatic policy management of the open-source utility and helps organisations meet compliance requirements.

According to the corporate, virtually every organisation running Unix/Linux systems uses Sudo, and although revered by users, the loss of visibility and local reporting means it doesn't meet many organisations' security and compliance needs.

While Sudo has a record of helping delegate the Unix root account to succeed in privileged account management objectives, Quest said that managing Sudo itself may be difficult. A Sudo policy across multiple servers often is inconsistently written and executed, and Sudo doesn't include the power to audit the $64000 super-user access and activities which are so critical to security and compliance initiatives.

The most up-to-date version of Sudo, 1.8, which was released in March, incorporates a plugable architecture that permits third-party plug-ins for use. The 1st of those is the hunt One policy server that allows organisations using Sudo to reach heightened security while better accommodating access control compliance requirements.

It also offers a central policy server that eliminates the will for box-by-box management of Sudoers, and offers visibility and relevant reports on Sudo policy and use including: access control; separation of duties; policy tracking, versioning; and alter history.