Bug#419394: sudo: Sudo not using $PATH or some $PATH items

2007-04-15 Thread David Baron
Package: sudo Version: 1.6.8p12-5 Severity: important Most recent upgrade of sudo no longer can execute something on the path, for example, $KDEDIR/bin/some-kde-app. If I explicitely give it this path string, it works just fine. May be related to #383389 (Bug or feature? If feature, one might let

Bug#419394: sudo: Sudo not using $PATH or some $PATH items

2007-04-15 Thread Bdale Garbee
tags 419394 +moreinfo severity 419394 normal thanks On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 17:38 +0300, David Baron wrote: > Most recent upgrade of sudo no longer can execute something on the path, for > example, $KDEDIR/bin/some-kde-app. If I explicitely give it this path > string, it works just fine. May be rel

Bug#419394: sudo: Sudo not using $PATH or some $PATH items

2007-04-15 Thread David Baron
On Sunday 15 April 2007, Bdale Garbee wrote: > tags 419394 +moreinfo > severity 419394 normal > thanks > > On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 17:38 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > Most recent upgrade of sudo no longer can execute something on the path, > > for example, $KDEDIR/bin/some-kde-app. If I explicitely g

Bug#419394: sudo: Sudo not using $PATH or some $PATH items

2007-04-15 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 20:52 +0300, David Baron wrote: > Assuming nothing is broken, that this change was put in for a more secure > sudo, how might one configure to be able to use the normal PATH? What is your definition of "the normal PATH"? If you mean the PATH of the user before they run sud