From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 00:19:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention that -V prints default values when run as root, including
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_6_4~158
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=031b00921934bad61419937e2c9f5340ff0b2063;p=sudo

Mention that -V prints default values when run as root, including
the list of environment variables to clear.
---

diff --git a/sudo.pod b/sudo.pod
index cf3ae8605..f5298a778 100644
--- a/sudo.pod
+++ b/sudo.pod
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ B<sudo> accepts the following command line options:
 =item -V
 
 The B<-V> (I<version>) option causes B<sudo> to print the
-version number and exit.
+version number and exit.  If the invoking user is already root
+the B<-V> option will print out a list of the defaults B<sudo>
+was compiled with as well as the machine's local network addresses.
 
 =item -l
 
@@ -226,7 +228,9 @@ C<TERMCAP> variable is set and is a pathname, it too is ignored.
 Additionally, if the C<LC_*> or C<LANGUAGE> variables contain the
 C</> or C<%> characters, they are ignored.  If B<sudo> has been
 compiled with SecurID support, the C<VAR_ACE>, C<USR_ACE> and
-C<DLC_ACE> variables are cleared as well.
+C<DLC_ACE> variables are cleared as well.  The list of environment
+variables that B<sudo> clears is contained in the output of
+C<sudo -V> when run as root.
 
 To prevent command spoofing, B<sudo> checks "." and "" (both denoting
 current directory) last when searching for a command in the user's