Bug 671

Summary:	sudo-1.8.11 exits immediately with an error when audit is disabled on Linux
Product:	Sudo	Reporter:	Ralph Loader <sudo>
Component:	Sudo	Assignee:	Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	low
Version:	1.8.11
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Attachments:	Fix logic bug when unable to open audit device

Description Ralph Loader 2014-10-13 00:05:25 MDT

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151780

Just to clarify the original report - sudo exists with exit code 1 but does not run the command or print any error.

I'm guessing that this is a consequence of http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/7ca1c9857058

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2014-10-13 08:31:06 MDT

Created attachment 433 [details]
Fix logic bug when unable to open audit device

The attached patch fixes the problem for me.

Comment 2 Todd C. Miller 2015-02-09 15:13:20 MST

Fixed in sudo 1.8.12, available now.