Bug 186

Summary:	sudo crontab -e -u far3941 causes screen to roll and never return
Product:	Sudo	Reporter:	Andy Hughes <andy.hughes>
Component:	Sudo	Assignee:	Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	normal
Version:	1.6.8
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other

Description Andy Hughes 2005-06-22 10:14:21 MDT

On Unix OS of MP-RAS Version 3.03.00.03 the command of "sudo crontab -e -u 
far3941" will cause the screen to continually roll with the following two 
lines:
:
At EOF

The screen will not stop and you are required to exit the session to stop 
this.  This is reproducible on sudo 1.6.8p6 and 1.6.8p8.

I can send a core file produced on sudo 1.6.8p6, but for some reason, the 
1.6.8p8 will not create a core file.

This is requiring a work around of making the user "sudo su - far3941" to 
temporarily get around this and edit the crontab for the user.

MP-RAS Version 3.03 is a change from the MP-RAS Ver 3.02 where 3.02 uses the 
metaware C Compiler and the 3.03 uses the GNU C Compiler.

I had to midify the config.guess file with the following information on line 
1044 to allow configure compile to see the mp-ras ver 3.3:

| 4400:*:4.2:3.3 | 4850:*:4.2:3.3 | SKA40:*:4.2:3.3 | S7501HG0:*:4.0:3.0
| S7501HG0:*:4.2:3.3

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2005-06-22 21:29:11 MDT

This doesn't sound like a sudo problem, it sounds like the value of the EDITOR or VISUAL environment 
variables is the issue.  You should compare the value of those variables (for instance with the printenv 
command) in the environment of the user running sudo to their value when "su - far3941" has been run.  
Also look for differences in editor-related variables (such as EXINIT for vi).

Comment 2 Andy Hughes 2005-08-23 10:22:43 MDT

Installed sudo 1.6.8p9 and this problem dissappeared.  You can close this 
incident/bug report.

All the settings before and after, the install, for the editor are the same.  
This was not a settings issue.  based upon what you had requested below:

[This doesn't sound like a sudo problem, it sounds like the value of the 
EDITOR or VISUAL environment variables is the issue.  You should compare the 
value of those variables (for instance with the printenv
command) in the environment of the user running sudo to their value when "su - 
far3941" has been run.  
Also look for differences in editor-related variables (such as EXINIT for vi).]

Comment 3 Todd C. Miller 2005-10-28 12:44:50 MDT

Closed at submitter's request.

Comment 4 Andy Hughes 2005-10-28 14:37:54 MDT

I have just completed the installation of sudo 1.6.8p9

This patch level did not have the problem.

This bug request can be marked as completed by virtue of the installation of 
the nest patch level.