From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 02:08:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: added a note
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_5_3~23
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e933c66797480ec20b7e035400345dedae03fa42;p=sudo

added a note
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cb076a724..9f7153178 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ which must be the only authentication mechanism used.
 OS dependent notes
 ==================
 
+OpenBSD and NetBSD:
+    The fdesc filesystem has a bug wrt /dev/tty handling that
+    causes sudo to hang at the password prompt.  The workaround
+    is to set PASSWORD_TIMEOUT (in options.h) to 0.
+
 Solaris 2.x:
     You need to have a C compiler in order to build sudo.
     Since Solaris 2.x does not come with one by default this