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Todd C. Miller
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@@ -11,19 +11,14 @@ A) Sudo must be setuid root to do its work. You need to do something like
Q) Sudo is setup to log via syslog(3) but I'm not getting any log
messages.
A) Make sure you have an entry in your syslog.conf file to save
the sudo messages. The default log facility is local2
(configurable via configure) so you would want something like:
local2.debug /var/adm/sudo.log
or
local2.debug @loghost
depending whether you want to forward the messages to another
host or keep them locally. Don't forget to send a SIGHUP to
your syslogd so that it re-reads its conf file. Also, remember
that syslogd does *not* create log files, you need to create the
file before syslogd will log to it (ie: touch /var/log/sudo.log).
Note: the facility ("local2.debug") must be separated from the
destination ("/var/adm/sudo.log" or "@loghost") by
tabs, *not* spaces. This is a common error.
the sudo messages (see the sample.syslog.conf file). The default
log facility is local2 (changeable via configure). Don't forget
to send a SIGHUP to your syslogd so that it re-reads its conf file.
Also, remember that syslogd does *not* create log files, you need to
create the file before syslogd will log to it (ie: touch /var/log/sudo).
Note: the facility ("local2.debug") must be separated from the
destination ("/var/adm/sudo.log" or "@loghost") by
tabs, *not* spaces. This is a common error.
Q) When sudo asks me for my password it never accepts what I enter even
though I know I entered my password correctly.
@@ -45,8 +40,8 @@ Q) Can I put the sudoers file in NIS/NIS+ or do I have to have a
copy on each machine?
A) There is no support for making an NIS/NIS+ map/table out of
the sudoers file at this time. A good way to distribute the
sudoers file is via rdist(1). It is also possible to
NFS-mount the sudoers file.
sudoers file is via rdist(1). It is also possible to NFS-mount
the sudoers file.
Q) I don't run sendmail on my machine. Does this mean that I cannot
use sudo?
@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ Q) When I run visudo it uses vi as the editor and I hate vi. How
A) Your best bet is to run configure with the --with-env-editor switch.
This will make visudo use the editor specified by the user's
EDITOR environment variable. Alternately, you can run configure
with the --with-editor=path_to_your_editor.
with the --with-editor=/path/to/another/editor.
Q) Sudo appears to be removing some variables from my environment, why?
A) Sudo removes the following "dangerous" environment variables