`kindly`: a simplistic (and hopefully educational) implementation of a set-user-ID-root program (think mini `sudo`) for Linux

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  • kindly

    kindly is a simple Rust implementation of a set-user-ID-root program, similar to sudo but in a much reduced way.

    I wanted to learn more on how authentication and privilege escalation works on Linux so I developed kindly

  • sudo_pair

    Plugin for sudo that requires another human to approve and monitor privileged sudo sessions

    I actually wrote and open-sourced a library for writing these plugins in Rust as well as a plug-in that implements dual control, allowing a second person to watch and monitor the session.

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • utils

    Utility crates used in RustCrypto

    The zeroing routine itself looks fine to me. You might want to compare your code with the (already mentioned) zeroize crate, which does something similar (or maybe identical?).

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