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Clarify that --with-rundir and --with-vardir take sudo-specific directory,

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e.g. /var/run/sudo and not just /var/run.  Bug #823
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Todd C. Miller
2018-02-19 11:27:30 -07:00
parent d5d170252a
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INSTALL
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@@ -126,34 +126,35 @@ Directory and file names:
Install sudo example files in DIR [DATAROOTDIR/doc/sudo/examples]
--with-plugindir=DIR
Set the directory that sudo looks in to find the policy and I/O
The directory that sudo looks in to find the policy and I/O
logging plugins. Defaults to the LIBEXEC/sudo.
--with-rundir=DIR
Set the directory to be used for sudo-specific files that
do not survive a system reboot. This is typically where
the time stamp directory is located. By default, configure
will use the first existing directory in the following list:
/run /var/run, /var/db, /var/lib, /var/adm, /usr/adm
The directory to be used for sudo-specific files that do
not survive a system reboot. This is typically where the
time stamp directory is located. By default, configure
will choose from the following list:
/run/sudo /var/run/sudo, /var/db/sudo, /var/lib/sudo,
/var/adm/sudo, /usr/adm/sudo
This directory should be cleared when the system reboots.
On systems that lack /run or /var/run, the default rundir and
vardir may be the same. In this case, only the ts directory
inside the rundir needs to be cleared at boot time.
--with-vardir=DIR
Set the directory to be used for sudo-specific files that
survive a system reboot. This is typically where the lecture
status directory is stored. By default, configure will use
the first existing directory in the following list:
/var/db, /var/lib, /var/adm, /usr/adm
This directory should not be cleared when the system boots.
The directory to be used for sudo-specific files that survive
a system reboot. This is typically where the lecture status
directory is stored. By default, configure will choose
from the following list:
/var/db/sudo, /var/lib/sudo, /var/adm/sudo, /usr/adm/sudo
This directory should *not* be cleared when the system boots.
--with-tzdir=DIR
Set the directory to the system's time zone data files. This
is only used when sanitizing the TZ environment variable to
allow for fully-qualified paths in TZ.
By default, configure will look for an existing "zoneinfo"
directory in the following locations:
The directory to the system's time zone data files. This
is only used when sanitizing the TZ environment variable
to allow for fully-qualified paths in TZ. By default,
configure will look for an existing "zoneinfo" directory
in the following locations:
/usr/share /usr/share/lib /usr/lib /etc
If no zoneinfo directory is found, the TZ variable may not
contain a fully-qualified path.

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configure vendored
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@@ -1719,8 +1719,11 @@ Optional Packages:
--with-badpass-message message the user sees when the password is wrong
--with-fqdn expect fully qualified hosts in sudoers
--with-timedir=DIR deprecated
--with-rundir=DIR path to the sudo time stamp parent dir
--with-vardir=DIR path to the sudo var dir
--with-rundir=DIR directory for sudo-specific files that do not
survive a system reboot, e.g. `/var/run/sudo'
--with-vardir=DIR directory for sudo-specific files that survive a
system reboot, e.g. `/var/db/sudo' or
`/var/lib/sudo'
--with-iologdir=DIR directory to store sudo I/O log files in
--with-tzdir=DIR path to the time zone data directory
--with-sendmail set path to sendmail

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configure.ac
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@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(timedir, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-timedir=DIR], [deprecated])],
;;
esac])
AC_ARG_WITH(rundir, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-rundir=DIR], [path to the sudo time stamp parent dir])],
AC_ARG_WITH(rundir, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-rundir=DIR], [directory for sudo-specific files that do not survive a system reboot, e.g. `/var/run/sudo'])],
[case $with_rundir in
yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(["must give --with-rundir an argument."])
;;
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(rundir, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-rundir=DIR], [path to the sudo time
;;
esac])
AC_ARG_WITH(vardir, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-vardir=DIR], [path to the sudo var dir])],
AC_ARG_WITH(vardir, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-vardir=DIR], [directory for sudo-specific files that survive a system reboot, e.g. `/var/db/sudo' or `/var/lib/sudo'])],
[case $with_vardir in
yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(["must give --with-vardir an argument."])
;;