From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:25:19 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: mention --disable-shared
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_8_7~1^2~307
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a94e94cf8caf732f717435396882c936dc552d36;p=sudo

mention --disable-shared
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e2bcc098e..35719d559 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -688,6 +688,15 @@ The following options are also configurable at runtime:
         implement messages in the invoking user's native language.
 	Note that translations do not exist for all languages.
 
+  --disable-shared
+        Disable dynamic shared object support.  By default, sudo
+        is built with a plugin API capable of loading arbitrary
+        policy and I/O logging plugins.  If the --disable-shared
+        option is specifed, this support is disabled and the default
+        sudoers policy and I/O plugins are embedded in the sudo
+        binary itself.  This will also disable the noexec option
+        as it too relies on dynamic shared object support.
+
 Shadow password and C2 support
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