Normally, sudo will tell the user when a command could not be found
in their $PATH. Some sites may wish to disable this as it could
be used to gather information on the location of executables that
- the normal user does not have access to.
+ the normal user does not have access to. The disadvantage is that
+ if the executable is simply not in the user's path, sudo will tell
+ the user that they are not allowed to run it, which can be confusing.
--disable-sia
Disable SIA support. This is the "Security Integration Architecture"
- on Digital UNIX.
+ on Digital UNIX. If you disable SIA sudo will use its own
+ authentication routines.
Shadow password and C2 support
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