From e66e1ca383e22643936f3befb3c2095c4f4d3a32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@sudo.ws>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:08:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] In SECURITY NOTES, clarify that PATH may be overridden by the
 policy. Bug #1014

---
 docs/sudo.man.in  | 9 ++++-----
 docs/sudo.mdoc.in | 9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/sudo.man.in b/docs/sudo.man.in
index a2f139a9d..b815f8fae 100644
--- a/docs/sudo.man.in
+++ b/docs/sudo.man.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .nr BA @BAMAN@
 .nr LC @LCMAN@
 .nr PS @PSMAN@
-.TH "SUDO" "@mansectsu@" "September 17, 2021" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual"
+.TH "SUDO" "@mansectsu@" "December 11, 2021" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual"
 .nh
 .if n .ad l
 .SH "NAME"
@@ -1034,11 +1034,10 @@ searching for a command in the user's
 \fRPATH\fR
 (if one or both are in the
 \fRPATH\fR).
-Note, however, that the actual
+Depending on the security policy, the user's
 \fRPATH\fR
-environment variable is
-\fInot\fR
-modified and is passed unchanged to the program that
+environment variable may be modified, replaced,
+or passed unchanged to the program that
 \fBsudo\fR
 executes.
 .PP
diff --git a/docs/sudo.mdoc.in b/docs/sudo.mdoc.in
index 1cd9fa7d2..5597b735f 100644
--- a/docs/sudo.mdoc.in
+++ b/docs/sudo.mdoc.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .nr BA @BAMAN@
 .nr LC @LCMAN@
 .nr PS @PSMAN@
-.Dd September 17, 2021
+.Dd December 11, 2021
 .Dt SUDO @mansectsu@
 .Os Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 .Sh NAME
@@ -975,11 +975,10 @@ searching for a command in the user's
 .Ev PATH
 (if one or both are in the
 .Ev PATH ) .
-Note, however, that the actual
+Depending on the security policy, the user's
 .Ev PATH
-environment variable is
-.Em not
-modified and is passed unchanged to the program that
+environment variable may be modified, replaced,
+or passed unchanged to the program that
 .Nm
 executes.
 .Pp