sudo from use with nfs home directory with locked-down permissions

[Sean Brisbane]

User brisbane has an nfs home directory and is in the admin group.

if the nfs home directory is locked down so that 'other' gets permission denied when cd/listing it, sudo fails, and keeps asking me to type a password.
root@pplxdt08:/home/brisbane# ll -ld
ls: cannot access .: Permission denied

if the nfs home directory is read and executable (listable) to 'other', sudo is successful

I suspect the setud binary "sudo" expects to have acess to the ".sudo_as_admin_successful" file, cannot see it as it does not have permission, and sudo throws an error. I have not verified this as dont know how.

I am using nfsv4 with kerberos, Ubuntu precise fully updated:
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.4 & sudo-ldap 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.4

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-39.62-generic 3.2.39
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 20 14:39:20 2013
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VisudoCheck:
 visudo: Warning: unused Cmnd_Alias NETWORKING
 /etc/sudoers: parsed OK
mtime.conffile..etc.pam.d.sudo: 2013-03-20T14:37:35.787247
mtime.conffile..etc.sudoers: 2012-06-01T16:09:46.929191
mtime.conffile..etc.sudoers.d.README: 2012-06-01T16:09:47.041191