Bug 177 – -i option on AIX does not process the /etc/environment file

Bug 177 - -i option on AIX does not process the /etc/environment file


Summary:	-i option on AIX does not process the /etc/environment file

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 83

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.6.8
Hardware:	IBM AIX

Importance:	normal normal
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2005-05-09 13:19 MDT by Steven Ehnis
Modified:	2005-05-09 17:30 MDT (History)
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Description Steven Ehnis 2005-05-09 13:19:10 MDT

ON AIX the default TZ & LANG values are set in the /etc/environment file. When 
using the -i option for sudo, the TZ & LANG environment variables are not being 
set. This is different from doing /bin/su -.  This problem does not happen on 
Solaris.

This difference was not detected and caused an application to be started under 
the TZ of UTC instead of EDT, a 4 hour LATER start, and now a 4 hour outage is 
required to correct.

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2005-05-09 13:30:50 MDT

AIX has its own special API for /etc/environment and resource limits.  Until
someone gives me login and compile access to an AIX machine I cannot add support
for this.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 83 ***