tags #620927 wontfix thanks On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 09:52:40PM +0100, Hilko Bengen wrote: > * Marc Haber: > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:25:44AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > >> With the default sudo configuration, if you're in group sudo, you can > >> already "sudo -E" to preserve the environment; you can also run "sudo > >> env ..." or just "sudo VAR=value ..." to set arbitrary environment > >> variables. sudo allows users permitted to run "ALL" to do things like > >> that, and by default group sudo can run ALL. > > > > This is at least neat enough to have it as a suggestion in Debian's > > default configuration. I have written this (commented out) in > > /etc/sudoers for the time being. > > I have trouble imagining a scenario in which one wouldn't just tell the > user to configure the proxy specifically for APT (i.e. > Acquire::http::Proxy) instead.
I myself have written elaborate mechanisms to find out which network I am connected at the moment and setting the environment variables appropriately. That effort would have to be repeated for the apt configuration. > Let's just mark this "wontfix". Agreed. I'll leave the comments inside sudoers since it's really a neat idea and I am sure that not many users know that Defaults can be set differently for different groups. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
