From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 06:53:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: define tty global to an initial value to avoid dumping core in logging
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_5_4~18
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4b4e2b792923136db3d3635c315accec385ab972;p=sudo

define tty global to an initial value to avoid dumping core in logging
functions when passwd file is unavailable.
---

diff --git a/sudo.c b/sudo.c
index ac3d2ae58..8342ce59f 100644
--- a/sudo.c
+++ b/sudo.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ struct passwd *user_pw_ent;
 char *runas_user = "root";
 char *cmnd = NULL;
 char *cmnd_args = NULL;
-char *tty = NULL;
+char *tty = "unknown";
 char *prompt;
 char host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN + 1];
 char *shost;
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ static void load_globals(sudo_mode)
 	    (void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot allocate memory!\n", Argv[0]);
 	    exit(1);
 	}
-    } else
-	tty = "none";
+    }
 
 #ifdef UMASK
     (void) umask((mode_t)UMASK);