Package: debian-reference-en Version: 2.29 Severity: normal The "sudo configuration" chapter claims
,---- | Since sudo(8) normally use normal user's environment variables | to execute commands and normal user's "$PATH" variable is set to | "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games" by the system default, | you should also adjust "$PATH" variable as: | | $ echo 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin' >> ~/.bashrc `---- This is not correct, because sudo is built with the --secure-path option on Debian: ,---- | % echo $PATH | /home/sven/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games | % sudo env | grep ^PATH | [sudo] password for sven: | PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin `---- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.9-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages debian-reference-en depends on: ii debian-reference-common 2.29 Debian system administration guide debian-reference-en recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-reference-en suggests: ii doc-base 0.9.1 utilities to manage online documen pn rutebook <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
