Fails to create .sudo_as_admin_successful stamp
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
sudo (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Starting with sudo 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu1, the "~/.sudo_
> To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
> See "man sudo_root" for details.
[If you try it, be aware that sudo 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu1 removed the the admin group from sudoers!]
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: sudo 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 21 20:36:54 2011
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sudo
Sudoers: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', '/bin/cat', '/etc/sudoers'] failed with exit code 1:
VisudoCheck: /etc/sudoers: parsed OK
Related branches
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
description: | updated |
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Yep, I've reproduced this issue myself on a freshly installed natty system.
Bug #707101 has a couple other confirmations, and seems a dupe of this. I'm upping the priority to match what the dupe bug report was set to. Marking as a regression as well, since I don't recall seeing this on maverick.