Bug 59 – Problem on sudo gid

Bug 59 - Problem on sudo gid


Summary:	Problem on sudo gid

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.6.0
Hardware:	IBM AIX

Importance:	high high
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2002-01-10 01:45 MST by shanthi_thana
Modified:	2002-01-10 14:10 MST (History)
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Description shanthi_thana 2002-01-10 01:45:53 MST

sudo to root does not pick up the gid. Therefore, certain software does not
shutdown cleanly. Output of the sudo is as below :-
uid=0(root) gid=0(system) groups=1(staff),204(operator)

Actual root uid & gid is as below :-
uid=0(root) gid=0(system) groups=2(bin),3(sys),7(security),8(cron),10(audit),101
(dba),80(fnusr),82(fnadmin),83(fnop)

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2002-01-10 10:10:59 MST

This was intentional.  When running things as root sudo preserves the group vector of the
invoking user.  This behavior has changed in sudo 1.6.4 which is due to be released next Monday.