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.Dd February 2, 2018
.Dt CVTSUDOERS @mansectsu@
.Os Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@
.Sh NAME
.Nm cvtsudoers
.Nd convert between sudoers file formats
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm cvtsudoers
.Op Fl hV
.Op Fl b Ar dn
.Op Fl f Ar format
.Op Fl o Ar output_file
.Op Ar sudoers_file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
can be used to convert a policy file in
.Em sudoers
format to other formats.
The default output format is LDIF.
It is only possible to convert a
.Em sudoers
file that is syntactically correct.
.Pp
If no
.Ar sudoers_file
is specified, or if it is
.Ql - ,
the policy is read from the standard input.
By default, the result is written to the standard output.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl b Ar dn , Fl -base Ns = Ns Ar dn
The base DN (distinguished name) that will be used when performing
LDAP queries.
Typically this is of the form
.Li ou=SUDOers,dc=example,dc=com
for the domain
.Li example.com .
If this option is not specified, the value of the
.Ev SUDOERS_BASE
environment variable will be used instead.
Only necessary when converting to LDIF format.
.It Fl f Ar output_format , Fl -format Ns = Ns Ar output_format
Specify the output format.
The following formats are supported:
.Bl -tag -width 8n
.It JSON
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) files are usually easier for
third-party applications to consume than the traditional
.Em sudoers
format.
The various values have explicit types which removes much of the
ambiguity of the
.Em sudoers
format.
.It LDIF
LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) files can be imported into an LDAP
server for use with
.Xr sudoers.ldap @mansectform@ .
.Pp
Conversion to LDIF has the following limitations:
.Bl -bullet -width 4n
.It
Command, host, runas and user-specific Defaults lines cannot be
translated as they don't have an equivalent in the sudoers LDAP schema.
.It
Command, host, runas and user aliases are not supported by the
sudoers LDAP schema so they are expanded during the conversion.
.El
.It sudoers
Traditional sudoers format.
A new sudoers file will be reconstructed from the parsed input file.
Comments are not preserved and data from any include files will be
output inline.
.El
.It Fl h , Fl -help
Display a short help message to the standard output and exit.
.It Fl o Ar output_file , Fl -output Ns = Ns Ar output_file
Write the converted output to
.Ar output_file .
If no
.Ar output_file
is specified, or if it is
.Ql - ,
the converted
.Em sudoers
policy will be written to the standard output.
.It Fl V , -version
Print the
.Nm
and
.Em sudoers
grammar versions and exit.
.El
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sudoers @mansectform@ ,
.Xr sudoers.ldap @mansectform@ ,
.Xr sudo @mansectsu@
.Sh AUTHORS
Many people have worked on
.Nm sudo
over the years; this version consists of code written primarily by:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.An Todd C. Miller
.Ed
.Pp
See the CONTRIBUTORS file in the
.Nm sudo
distribution (https://www.sudo.ws/contributors.html) for an
exhaustive list of people who have contributed to
.Nm sudo .
.Sh BUGS
If you feel you have found a bug in
.Nm ,
please submit a bug report at https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/
.Sh 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.
.Sh DISCLAIMER
.Nm
is provided
.Dq 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
.Nm sudo
or https://www.sudo.ws/license.html for complete details.