Bug 828 – No tty present and no askpass - output possible solution

Bug 828 - No tty present and no askpass - output possible solution


Summary:	No tty present and no askpass - output possible solution

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sudo
Version:	1.8.22
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	low enhancement
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Reported:	2018-03-29 12:10 MDT by TamusJRoyce
Modified:	2019-10-14 10:36 MDT (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description TamusJRoyce 2018-03-29 12:10:05 MDT

Putty and ssh output 

  "sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified"

because they are often not configured correctly.

Enchancement: Add an additional line of text, possible solution, when issue occurs.

sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified.
Did you mean "sudo -S"? This will prompt for a password.

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2019-07-19 11:52:00 MDT

I expanded the error message to make it more helpful:
https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/f15ffeffff32

Comment 2 Todd C. Miller 2019-10-14 10:36:13 MDT

Fixed in sudo 1.8.28