From 4b4e2b792923136db3d3635c315accec385ab972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 06:53:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] define tty global to an initial value to avoid dumping core
 in logging functions when passwd file is unavailable.

---
 sudo.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sudo.c b/sudo.c
index ac3d2ae58..8342ce59f 100644
--- a/sudo.c
+++ b/sudo.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ struct passwd *user_pw_ent;
 char *runas_user = "root";
 char *cmnd = NULL;
 char *cmnd_args = NULL;
-char *tty = NULL;
+char *tty = "unknown";
 char *prompt;
 char host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN + 1];
 char *shost;
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ static void load_globals(sudo_mode)
 	    (void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot allocate memory!\n", Argv[0]);
 	    exit(1);
 	}
-    } else
-	tty = "none";
+    }
 
 #ifdef UMASK
     (void) umask((mode_t)UMASK);
-- 
2.40.0