[FFe] sudo do not remember password when std(in|out|err) are not connected to a terminal

[Etienne Goyer]

sudo will not remember the password (and thus prompt for it) when none of stdin, stdout and stderr are connected to a terminal. In certain use-cases, this could be problematic. For example, in a build script where std(in|out|err) are all connected to pipes. See discussion at http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=18393 for such a use-case.

There is a commit upstream that resolve this problem:

    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/b9dfce12af85

Would it be possible to consider the above commit for inclusion in precise?

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

This is a new feature, so should go to the release team for sign-off.

I've reviewed the patch myself and it looks safe.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Nice! This indeed has bothered me for some time as well. The patch looks fine to me, approved.

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Doesn't look like anything actually happened here for precise. But the upstream version of sudo in quantal does include this patch (and a zillion follow-ups)