Bug 463 – -H ignored in combination with -s

Bug 463 - -H ignored in combination with -s


Summary:	-H ignored in combination with -s

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.7.4
Hardware:	PC Other

Importance:	low normal
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2011-01-31 18:03 MST by kbyanc
Modified:	2011-03-03 09:52 MST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description kbyanc 2011-01-31 18:03:10 MST

-s starts sudo in "shell" mode rather than "run" mode; -H appears to only be honored in "run" mode.  As a result, the command sudo -Hs does not reset $HOME.  Note that sudo -Hs did reset home (as documented in the man page) in sudo 1.7.2.

Comment 1 kbyanc 2011-01-31 19:40:17 MST

It it helps, I should mention that my /etc/sudoers has "Defaults env_reset" and "Defaults env_keep += "HOME" in it.  I still expected that -H would override these defaults, though.

Comment 2 Todd C. Miller 2011-02-01 15:31:03 MST

This is fixed in sudo 1.7.5 which is currently in beta test:

$ grep HOME /etc/sudoers
Defaults env_keep +="HOME"
$ sudo-1.7.5 -s
# echo $HOME
/home/millert
# exit
$ sudo-1.7.5 -sH
# echo $HOME
/root
# exit

Comment 3 Todd C. Miller 2011-03-03 09:52:06 MST

Fixed in sudo 1.7.5 and 1.8.0.