From: Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:43:00 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: mention the change in tty ticket behavior when there is no tty
X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_7_3~35
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f02ec40f8dcab95ab91f87aba12ecf308f931d7d;p=sudo

mention the change in tty ticket behavior when there is no tty

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branch : 1.7
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 9a9966809..14d56df9f 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ What's new in Sudo 1.7.3?
    to determine group membership.  Currently, only Darwin (Mac OS X)
    supports this.
 
+ * When the tty_tickets sudoers option is enabled but there is no
+   terminal device, sudo will no longer use or create a tty-based
+   ticket file.  Previously, sudo would use a tty name of "unknown".
+   As a consequence, if a user has no terminal device, sudo will
+   now always prompt for a password.
+
  * The passwd_timeout and timestamp_timeout options may now be
    specified as floating point numbers for more granular timeout
    values.