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Document behavior when the command dies from a signal in EXIT STATUS.

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Todd C. Miller
2015-09-27 08:59:46 -06:00
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
.\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force
.\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512.
.\"
.TH "SUDO" "8" "September 15, 2015" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual"
.TH "SUDO" "8" "September 27, 2015" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual"
.nh
.if n .ad l
.SH "NAME"
@@ -824,9 +824,12 @@ manual for more information about the
\fBsudo\fR
plugin architecture.
.SH "EXIT VALUE"
Upon successful execution of a program, the exit status from
\fIsudo\fR
will simply be the exit status of the program that was executed.
Upon successful execution of a command, the exit status from
\fBsudo\fR
will be the exit status of the program that was executed.
If the command terminated due to receipt of a signal,
\fBsudo\fR
will send itself the signal that terminated the command.
.PP
Otherwise,
\fBsudo\fR
@@ -834,14 +837,14 @@ exits with a value of 1 if there is a configuration/permission
problem or if
\fBsudo\fR
cannot execute the given command.
In the latter case the error string is printed to the standard error.
In the latter case, the error string is printed to the standard error.
If
\fBsudo\fR
cannot
stat(2)
one or more entries in the user's
\fRPATH\fR,
an error is printed on stderr.
an error is printed to the standard error.
(If the directory does not exist or if it is not really a directory,
the entry is ignored and no error is printed.)
This should not happen under normal circumstances.