---
name: "image-factory-sudo-helper"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "image-factory"
version: "1.0.2-1.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/image-factory-sudo-helper"
---

# image-factory-sudo-helper(1)

Run certain commands as root

## NAME

image-factory-sudo-helper - Run certain commands as root

## SYNOPSIS

**image-factory-sudo-helper** **COMMAND**

## DESCRIPTION

**image-factory** can be run as normal user, but it need root permission for a few operations like chmod, mount, and umount. Since these operations cannot be secured with sudo’s wildcards, **image-factory-sudo-helper** was introduced to check the commands using regular expression.

**image-factory-sudo-helper** will take a command (including parameters) and checks if it one of the three allowed commands:

- •

  chmod on files or (sub-)directories in /tmp/image-factory

- •

  mount of loop device in /tmp/image-factory

- •

  umount in /tmp/image-factory

If the given command passes is one of the allowed commands, it will be executed. Otherwise an error message will be printed.

## USAGE

To allow running **image-factory** as normal user, only **image-factory-sudo-helper** needs sudo permission for the user. Example sudo configuration for user *jenkins*:

-

  ```
  jenkins ALL = NOPASSWD:SETENV: /usr/bin/image-factory-sudo-helper
  ```

## ENVIRONMENT

If the environment variable **DRYRUN** is set, the given command will not be executed but printed instead.

## AUTHOR

Benjamin Drung \<benjamin.drung@ionos.com\>