-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/26/11 12:01 AM, Bdale Garbee wrote: > On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:39:22 -0500, Junqian Gordon Xu <xjq...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> setting in /etc/sudoers >> >> # User privilege specification >> root ALL=(ALL) ALL >> sudoer ALL=(ALL) ALL > > Does /etc/sudoers have a line like: > > Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/ > sbin:/bin" > > If not, then the problem is likely that /usr/sbin is not in the secure path. >
Aha, that secure_path line was not in 1.7.4. During the upgrade I chose to keep the old /etc/sudoers file. It works fine with that line now. Looks like a warning message is warranted during upgrade. >> e.g. >> >> $> ls -la /usr/sbin/vpnc >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 113508 Nov 9 2010 /usr/sbin/vpnc >> >> $> sudo vpnc >> sudo: vpnc: command not found > > Does specifying the fully qualified path, like 'sudo /usr/sbin/vpnc', work? That works. Gordon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOVy1ZAAoJEJjuIZCc8yeivuQH/0VliV4Sk9sNxxZGxLEHLQGv zRTmhN/zrvy8/6uPZjTEiwq6AnO+rmPYNU3pj1/ahlSmbgppdL7LVJ+tgXyKjzhg Q15bMKXPd+jmXUSP40AKRiFYig+tBfgQxlvgKmDVfN3eXQn6Txf8TDshUEyVZPts IvvQnlqtAxkmnRHIGkcMXUkdyY3e6W4Off1B0Wbzz3W+rtp6Os7zCELwel+ThKIC X1Xl/ES1U+3V/B/C8VuI3prlt56FVhdMT+CAybNMYjJKhHjnWOdNprY2lJyxkoIo +9aX4rVxRpOVZEEqPkVwPzPEErZ6oq6l4M06iCDpKmKZ9AsNIy1nzeq+aEeGVrY= =rQOj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
