[hafqa] [hafqa] [Bug 3764] SSU Update 4.2008.36-5 over-writes /etc/sudoers

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https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3764





------- Comment #9 from maemo at beermad.org.uk  2008-10-14 12:33 GMT+3 -------
(In reply to comment #8)
> Implement what?
> 
> I've answered how to deal with sudo right. Now I'm waiting for additional info
> from Tony Green. In case he used sudo in wrong way, bug is invalid. If some
> strings outside of banners are missing after update-sudoers run, bug is valid,
> but I'd like to have more info, at least example of modified /etc/sudoers file.
> 

Sorry Grigori, I didn't realise you wanted more from me.
My update WAS within the "### Automatically added by update-sudoers start ###"
and "### Automatically added by update-sudoers end ###", so by your definition
possibly invalid.

I do think though that the fact that the sudoers file is built differently on
Maemo compared to any other distro (or at least any other I know) means it
creates a trap (which I fell into). If this were the common way the file was
created, then admins would expect anything between the banners to risk being
over-written, but as it is, there's no reason to assume this would happen.

The way this works, it would perhaps be better if visudo edited, say,
/etc/sudoers.d/sudo.local and then ran update-sudoers when the file was saved.

...just a few thoughts to save others from getting caught out.


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