From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 21:36:03 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Mention that iolog_user is useful for NFS.
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_8_20^2~58
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7f2633807194e46d713d474719203928f0d6c139;p=sudo

Mention that iolog_user is useful for NFS.
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diff --git a/doc/sudoers.cat b/doc/sudoers.cat
index ea10b7d20..b2101c882 100644
--- a/doc/sudoers.cat
+++ b/doc/sudoers.cat
@@ -1659,6 +1659,12 @@ SSUUDDOOEERRSS OOPPTTIIOONNSS
                        user's primary group ID.  By default, I/O log files and
                        directories are created with user and group ID 0.
 
+                       This setting can be useful when the I/O logs are stored
+                       on a Network File System (NFS) share.  Having a
+                       dedicated user own the I/O log files means that ssuuddooeerrss
+                       does not write to the log files as user ID 0, which is
+                       usually not permitted by NFS.
+
                        This setting is only supported by version 1.8.19 or
                        higher.
 
diff --git a/doc/sudoers.man.in b/doc/sudoers.man.in
index ec1d3b381..db3b473a4 100644
--- a/doc/sudoers.man.in
+++ b/doc/sudoers.man.in
@@ -3379,6 +3379,13 @@ is set, it will be used instead of the user's primary group ID.
 By default, I/O log files and directories are created with user and
 group ID 0.
 .sp
+This setting can be useful when the I/O logs are stored on a Network
+File System (NFS) share.
+Having a dedicated user own the I/O log files means that
+\fBsudoers\fR
+does not write to the log files as user ID 0, which is usually
+not permitted by NFS.
+.sp
 This setting is only supported by version 1.8.19 or higher.
 .TP 18n
 lecture_status_dir
diff --git a/doc/sudoers.mdoc.in b/doc/sudoers.mdoc.in
index 5fe09c061..4b51c486e 100644
--- a/doc/sudoers.mdoc.in
+++ b/doc/sudoers.mdoc.in
@@ -3170,6 +3170,13 @@ is set, it will be used instead of the user's primary group ID.
 By default, I/O log files and directories are created with user and
 group ID 0.
 .Pp
+This setting can be useful when the I/O logs are stored on a Network
+File System (NFS) share.
+Having a dedicated user own the I/O log files means that
+.Nm
+does not write to the log files as user ID 0, which is usually
+not permitted by NFS.
+.Pp
 This setting is only supported by version 1.8.19 or higher.
 .It lecture_status_dir
 The directory in which