Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: sudo
it's harmfully and excessively paranoid for sudo to bail if /etc/sudoers
has the write flag for root set. if the sudo maintainers insist on
misfeatres like that, ubuntu should turn them off.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May 14 17:52:56 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: sudo 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.2
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
SourcePackage: sudo
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
** Affects: sudo (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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don't die just because root can write /etc/sudoers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580780
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