Package: sudo Version: 1.7.4p4-1 Severity: normal Tag: patch sudo as of 1.7.4p4-1 now resets HOME when env_reset is set (the default). [This means that HOME is set to the value of the target user, instead of the value of the calling user.]
This means that anything which called sudo and expected HOME to stay unless -H was passed now will be broken until HOME is added to env_keep. I suggest that HOME be added to env_keep by default; the attached trivial patch does one implementation of this. Don Armstrong -- More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. -- Woody Allen http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
diff -Nru sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/changelog sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/changelog --- sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/changelog 2010-09-08 16:30:31.000000000 -0400 +++ sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/changelog 2010-09-11 23:16:49.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +sudo (1.7.4p4-3) unstable; urgency=low + + * Return HOME to env_keep by default + + -- Don Armstrong <d...@debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:16:49 -0400 + sudo (1.7.4p4-2) unstable; urgency=low * add a NEWS item about change in $HOME handling that impacts programs diff -Nru sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/patches/keep-env-home sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/patches/keep-env-home --- sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/patches/keep-env-home 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 +++ sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/patches/keep-env-home 2010-09-11 23:16:20.000000000 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Index: sudo-1.7.4p4/env.c +=================================================================== +--- sudo-1.7.4p4.orig/env.c 2010-09-11 23:12:40.000000000 -0400 ++++ sudo-1.7.4p4/env.c 2010-09-11 23:13:54.000000000 -0400 +@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ + "HOSTNAME", + "KRB5CCNAME", + "LS_COLORS", ++ "HOME", + "PATH", + "PS1", + "PS2", diff -Nru sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/patches/series sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/patches/series --- sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/patches/series 2010-09-08 16:30:31.000000000 -0400 +++ sudo-1.7.4p4/debian/patches/series 2010-09-11 23:12:32.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ typo-in-classic-insults.diff env.c-safety.diff paths-in-samples.diff +keep-env-home
