Package: sudo Version: 1.7.4p4-3 Severity: normal If sudo is run without a TTY, it always tries to prompt for a password, even if it would not need one with a TTY.
Example: $ sudo true <prompts, ticket is now live, OK> $ sudo true <does not prompt, OK> $ sudo true </dev/null &>/dev/null <prompts, why?> $ sudo -n true </dev/null &>/tmp/sudo.out ; echo $? 1 <failed> $ cat /tmp/sudo.out sudo: sorry, a password is required to run sudo My sudoers file has "Defaults !tty_tickets", so sudo at least shouldn't be deciding that there is no valid ticket due to the lack of a tty. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.5-1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages sudo depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 1.1.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules l sudo recommends no packages. sudo suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/sudoers.d/README [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/sudoers.d/README' -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
