From: Todd C. Miller Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:42:28 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Update with latest sudo 1.8.4 changes. X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_8_4~57^2 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=83006b000ef415faf1c6eebbcd57d7eee10fd1b6;p=sudo Update with latest sudo 1.8.4 changes. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 83b40f914..0a9baf310 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ What's new in Sudo 1.8.4? * If none of the standard input, output or error are connected to a tty device, sudo will now check its parent's standard input, - output or error for the tty name on systems with /proc. This - allow tty-based tickets to work properly even when, e.g. standard + output or error for the tty name on systems with /proc and BSD + systems that support the KERN_PROC_PID sysctl. This allows + tty-based tickets to work properly even when, e.g. standard input, output and error are redirected to /dev/null. * Added the --enable-kerb5-instance configure option to allow @@ -64,6 +65,13 @@ What's new in Sudo 1.8.4? the results, which would be incorrectly be interpreted as if the sudoers file had specified a directory. + * "visudo -c" will now list any include files that were checked + in addition to the main sudoers file when everything parses OK. + + * Users that only have read-only access to the sudoers file may + now run "visudo -c". Previously, write permissions were required + even though no writing is down in check-only mode. + What's new in Sudo 1.8.3p1? * Fixed a crash in the monitor process on Solaris when NOPASSWD