From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 04:10:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add upgrading noted for 1.7
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_7_0~712
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a50e709a3d0fcce3678161270938f28406097600;p=sudo

Add upgrading noted for 1.7
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diff --git a/UPGRADE b/UPGRADE
index c0e73afbe..2880a2875 100644
--- a/UPGRADE
+++ b/UPGRADE
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 Notes on upgrading from an older release
 ========================================
 
+o Upgrading from a version prior to 1.7
+
+    Starting with sudo 1.7, if an OS supports a modular authentication
+    method such as PAM, it will be used by default.
+
+    Prior to version 1.7, sudo would preserve the user's environment,
+    pruning out potentially dangerous variables.  Starting with sudo
+    1.7 the envionment is reset to a default set of values.  To
+    preserve specific environment variables, add them to the "env_keep"
+    list in sudoers.  The old behavior can be restored by negating the
+    "env_reset" option in sudoers.
+
 o Upgrading from a version prior to 1.6.8:
 
     Prior to sudo 1.6.8, if /var/run did not exist, sudo would put