Bug 107 – sudo does not prompt for the password before the process is sent to the background

Bug 107 - sudo does not prompt for the password before the process is sent to the background


Summary:	sudo does not prompt for the password before the process is sent to the backg...

Status:	CLOSED INVALID

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.6.7
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	low low
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2003-04-17 17:17 MDT by slim shady
Modified:	2003-04-17 21:32 MDT (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description slim shady 2003-04-17 17:17:46 MDT

>$ sudo ps -auxc &
[1] 6520
>$ Password:myPassword

bash: myPassword: command not found

[1]+ Stopped     sudo ps -auxc
>$

Sudo should first prompt for the password before the process is moved to the
background.

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2003-04-17 17:21:21 MDT

I'm not aware of any way sudo can do this.  Sudo just gets a signal that indicates input was blocked due to being backgrounded.  The actual backgrounding is handled by the shell, not sudo.

Comment 2 slim shady 2003-04-17 17:32:46 MDT

-b argument addresses this issue sufficiently. Closing this bug.