Bug 79 – visudo does not error with problem sudoers

Bug 79 - visudo does not error with problem sudoers


Summary:	visudo does not error with problem sudoers

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Visudo
Version:	1.6.6
Hardware:	Other AIX

Importance:	normal low
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2002-04-28 18:51 MDT by Ken Foskey
Modified:	2002-04-29 00:41 MDT (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Ken Foskey 2002-04-28 18:51:58 MDT

My administrator just used visudo to edit config file he duplicated a working
entry.  I have verified this on Debain Woody sudo V1.6.6.  Original system is
AIX with sudo 1.6.2

operator  ALL=/some-script

with the following

testname  All=/somescript

The lower case 'All' was accepted by visudo and was not by the sudo command.

This should produce an error / warning.

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2002-04-28 20:41:59 MDT

The problem is that visudo has no way of knowing that "All" is not a hostname.
 The only reason sudo doesn't accept it is that the machine you are running it
on is not named "All".