Bug 282 – sudo resets HOME envar

Bug 282 - sudo resets HOME envar


Summary:	sudo resets HOME envar

Status:	VERIFIED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.6.9
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	normal normal
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Blocks:
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Reported:	2008-03-09 23:58 MDT by Tushar Teredesai
Modified:	2008-04-24 11:22 MDT (History)
CC List:	0 users

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add HOME to initial_keepenv_table to preserve HOME (262 bytes, patch) 2008-03-09 23:58 MDT, Tushar Teredesai	Details \| Diff
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Description Tushar Teredesai 2008-03-09 23:58:39 MDT

Created attachment 223 [details]
add HOME to initial_keepenv_table to preserve HOME

sudo is configured with the following options: "--disable-root-mailer --enable-noargs-shell --without-mail-if-no-user --disable-pam-session --without-lecture --without-sendmail --with-logging=file --without-pam". The sudoers file is the default that is installed by the package. As root, when I execute the command:
  HOME=<some_dir> sudo -u <some_user>
HOME is set to /root (root's home dir) not <some_dir>. As per the documentation, sudo should not mess with the HOME envar unless -H or -i is specified.

To fix it, I added HOME to the initial_keepenv_table (patch attached).

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2008-03-13 07:35:37 MDT

You are correct; I've fixed this in the sudo cvs tree.