Package: sudo Version: 1.7.2p7-1 Severity: normal Hello,
sudo seems to have trouble with long argument lists. I created 30000 files in the current directory: $ ls * > /dev/null $ nice ls * > /dev/null $ sudo ls * > /dev/null sudo: unable to execute /bin/ls: Argument list too long $ find . -type f -exec sudo ls '{}' '+' >/dev/null sudo: unable to execute /bin/ls: Argument list too long sudo: unable to execute /bin/ls: Argument list too long (and the same with xargs if I don't specify a low enough -n) -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages sudo depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 1.1.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l sudo recommends no packages. sudo suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/sudoers.d/README [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/sudoers.d/README' -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org