Document that sudo uses the real uid to map from uid to passwd file

user name.

diff --git a/doc/sudo.cat b/doc/sudo.cat
index 2b97e379029bf14b3fbbbaa6576f13894aa5f189..17df9fd2514dbfa742a8309c72ec0265fe642fb4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sudo.cat
+++ b/doc/sudo.cat
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
 
 D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
      s\bsu\bud\bdo\bo allows a permitted user to execute a _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd as the superuser or
-     another user, as specified by the security policy.
+     another user, as specified by the security policy.  The invoking user's
+     real (_\bn_\bo_\bt effective) user ID is used to determine the user name with
+     which to query the security policy.
 
      s\bsu\bud\bdo\bo supports a plugin architecture for security policies and
      input/output logging.  Third parties can develop and distribute their own
@@ -606,4 +608,4 @@ D\bDI\bIS\bSC\bCL\bLA\bAI\bIM\bME\bER\bR
      file distributed with s\bsu\bud\bdo\bo or http://www.sudo.ws/license.html for
      complete details.
 
-Sudo 1.8.15                     August 7, 2015                     Sudo 1.8.15
+Sudo 1.8.15                     August 9, 2015                     Sudo 1.8.15

diff --git a/doc/sudo.conf.cat b/doc/sudo.conf.cat
index 3f8246343e84fadfe77b3f58240e0cc408a7897a..5ca2f30a4404423322a3d3a3e7c7418d09c6f921 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sudo.conf.cat
+++ b/doc/sudo.conf.cat
@@ -410,4 +410,4 @@ D\bDI\bIS\bSC\bCL\bLA\bAI\bIM\bME\bER\bR
      file distributed with s\bsu\bud\bdo\bo or http://www.sudo.ws/license.html for
      complete details.
 
-Sudo 1.8.15                    December 4, 2014                    Sudo 1.8.15
+Sudo 1.8.15                     August 9, 2015                     Sudo 1.8.15

diff --git a/doc/sudo.conf.man.in b/doc/sudo.conf.man.in
index d2b0257c5951c7f67733363da0916ed4cedf00c2..7586b2fbfee2901f2aee8be587c045053f53d19e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sudo.conf.man.in
+++ b/doc/sudo.conf.man.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.TH "SUDO" "5" "December 4, 2014" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "File Formats Manual"
+.TH "SUDO" "5" "August 9, 2015" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "File Formats Manual"
 .nh
 .if n .ad l
 .SH "NAME"

diff --git a/doc/sudo.man.in b/doc/sudo.man.in
index 3e032b44e8a72118204120d4fe71160205a99782..11817734457c13af73643b5bdcc0ec26ad9156fc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sudo.man.in
+++ b/doc/sudo.man.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 .\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force
 .\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512.
 .\"
-.TH "SUDO" "8" "August 7, 2015" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual"
+.TH "SUDO" "8" "August 9, 2015" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual"
 .nh
 .if n .ad l
 .SH "NAME"
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ allows a permitted user to execute a
 \fIcommand\fR
 as the superuser or another user, as specified by the security
 policy.
+The invoking user's real
+(\fInot\fR
+effective) user ID is used to determine the user name with which
+to query the security policy.
 .PP
 \fBsudo\fR
 supports a plugin architecture for security policies and input/output

diff --git a/doc/sudo.mdoc.in b/doc/sudo.mdoc.in
index 76ffeeee063d8f18685696f1fdc6988d2de7cbd0..8cf2f22f361a07075279e9c7c7766708a5aedd5a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sudo.mdoc.in
+++ b/doc/sudo.mdoc.in
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ allows a permitted user to execute a
 .Ar command
 as the superuser or another user, as specified by the security
 policy.
+The invoking user's real
+.No ( Em not
+effective) user ID is used to determine the user name with which
+to query the security policy.
 .Pp
 .Nm
 supports a plugin architecture for security policies and input/output