Bug#639841: sudo: secure_path change needs a NEWS entry

2011-09-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:31:37 -0600, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Non-text part: multipart/signed Sorry but I don't understand. How would setting secure_path in a new sudoers.d file create a situation where a system would remain broken? The only reason files in sudoers.d get read is that I

Bug#639841: sudo: secure_path change needs a NEWS entry

2011-08-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Package: sudo Version: 1.8.2-1 Severity: normal The latest version closes Bug#85123 and Bug#85917. However the resulting change in behavior of secure_path is significant and needs a NEWS entry. Most users with sudo installed will have a modified /etc/sudoers file and will need to manually merge

Bug#639841: sudo: secure_path change needs a NEWS entry

2011-08-30 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:46:54 -0600, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Alternatively the sudo package could include a new conffile file in the package /etc/sudoers.d/00-secure_path or some such that includes the new secure_path setting. Being a new file it would be installed by default without

Bug#639841: sudo: secure_path change needs a NEWS entry

2011-08-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Bdale Garbee wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Alternatively the sudo package could include a new conffile file in the package /etc/sudoers.d/00-secure_path or some such that includes the new secure_path setting. Being a new file it would be installed by default without dialog and become