Bug 1064 – Who is shanty?

Bug 1064 - Who is shanty?


Summary:	Who is shanty?

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Documentation
Version:	1.9.15
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	low normal
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2023-12-19 02:34 MST by unifai
Modified:	2023-12-19 09:58 MST (History)
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Description unifai 2023-12-19 02:34:13 MST

In the man, there is shanty in the examples, but it is never mentioned in the explanation:

docs/sudoers.man.in
1936:aaron      shanty = NOEXEC: /usr/bin/more, /usr/bin/vi
7643:aaron      shanty = NOEXEC: /usr/bin/more, /usr/bin/vi

"In the following example, user aaron may run /usr/bin/more and /usr/bin/vi but shell escapes will be disabled."

It could be useful to state what is shanty in this context and include them in explanation

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2023-12-19 09:58:00 MST

In https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a8acf089535e I've updated the text to be:

In the following example, user aaron may run /usr/bin/more and /usr/bin/vi on the host shanty, but shell escapes will be disabled.