description doesn't match behavior in default /etc/sudoers

Bug #534090 reported by david white
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sudo
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sudo (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Marc Deslauriers

Bug Description

Binary package hint: sudo

The default /etc/sudoers file in lucid contains the following description and setting:

   "# Allow members of group sudo to not need a password\n",
   "# (Note that later entries override this, so you might need to move\n",
          "# it further down)\n",
   "%sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL\n",

but this configuration still requires a passwd

should be
          "%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL\n"

or the comment should be changed to reflect the password-required behavior.

(and yes, I moved the line to the end of the /etc/sudoers file so that it wasn't overwritten by %admin)

The source of the bug is in the DEBIAN/postinstall script.
I also verified that the DEBIAN/postinstall script for 8.04.4 LTS has the correct syntax.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 7 14:57:50 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
Package: sudo 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
SourcePackage: sudo
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic x86_64

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david white (dave-fishherder) wrote :
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package sudo - 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu3

---------------
sudo (1.7.2p1-1ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/sudo.postinst, debian/sudo-ldap.postinst: update description to
    match behaviour in sudoers file. (LP: #534090)
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:49:39 -0500

Changed in sudo (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in sudo:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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