From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:36:27 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: mention askpass
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_7_0~165
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9c1b476df1f69abc7454a2b470c8f09359e4bc9d;p=sudo

mention askpass
---

diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index d6b28b964..8ab0dfad4 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ What's new in Sudo 1.7?
    when LDAP support is compiled in.  This differs from sudo 1.6
    where LDAP was always consulted first.
 
- * Support for /etc/environment.  If sudo is run with the -i flag,
-   the contents of /etc/environment are used to populate the new
-   environment that is passed to the command being run.
-
+ * Support for /etc/environment on AIX and Linux.  If sudo is run
+   with the -i flag, the contents of /etc/environment are used to
+   populate the new environment that is passed to the command being
+   run.
+
+ * If no terminal is available or if the new -A flag is specified,
+   sudo will use a helper program to read the password if one is
+   configured.  Typically, this is a graphical password prompter
+   such as ssh-askpass.