Bug 543

Summary:	wrong msgid: "must be setuid root"
Product:	Sudo	Reporter:	P. Hamming <peterhamming>
Component:	Message catalog	Assignee:	Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	high
Priority:	low
Version:	1.8.4
Hardware:	All
OS:	All

Description P. Hamming 2012-03-10 14:19:25 MST

In the pot file of the new version of sudo there is a string "must be setuid root". I think it has to be "must be setuid_root". This is in the file src/sudo.c:189.

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2012-03-13 09:52:45 MDT

Why would it be "setuid_root"?  The message is saying that sudo was not installed as root with the setuid bit set.  In other words, it is not "setuid root".  Perhaps "must be installed setuid root" would be less confusing?

Comment 2 P. Hamming 2013-09-03 09:06:51 MDT

The latter one is less confusing as I see it.
In later revisions it is solved by implementing it at a different place and describing it way more verbose, isn't it?

BTW: I am new to all of this and busy, that is why I am late.