Bug 115 – permission denied on sudoers file

Bug 115 - permission denied on sudoers file


Summary:	permission denied on sudoers file

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.6.6
Hardware:	IBM AIX

Importance:	normal normal
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2003-05-28 13:19 MDT by Dan Oviatt
Modified:	2004-08-05 21:35 MDT (History)
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Description Dan Oviatt 2003-05-28 13:19:32 MDT

I have compiled sudo for AIX for a while now but I am seeing a new bug on AIX 
5.1 for Sudo 1.6.6. When anyone (even root) tries to run sudo they get the 
following error:

/usr/local/bin/sudo2: can't open /usr/local/etc/sudoers: Permission denied

This was with my custom sudoers file, and even testing with the default sudoers 
file and root tryingf to sudo a command I receive the same error. The 
permissions on sudo are --s--x--x and the sudoers file is r--r----- while both 
are root:system (0 uid and 0 gid). I am stumped.

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2004-08-05 17:35:17 MDT

Sudo uses group permissions to read the sudoers file by default in order to play more nicely with NFS. 
 If /usr/local/etc is NFS-mounted and gid 0 is mapped to a different gid on the server you would see an 
error like this.  There's not really a lot for me to go on here.