From 9c1b476df1f69abc7454a2b470c8f09359e4bc9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Todd C. Miller" Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:36:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] mention askpass --- WHATSNEW | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index d6b28b964..8ab0dfad4 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ What's new in Sudo 1.7? when LDAP support is compiled in. This differs from sudo 1.6 where LDAP was always consulted first. - * Support for /etc/environment. If sudo is run with the -i flag, - the contents of /etc/environment are used to populate the new - environment that is passed to the command being run. - + * Support for /etc/environment on AIX and Linux. If sudo is run + with the -i flag, the contents of /etc/environment are used to + populate the new environment that is passed to the command being + run. + + * If no terminal is available or if the new -A flag is specified, + sudo will use a helper program to read the password if one is + configured. Typically, this is a graphical password prompter + such as ssh-askpass. -- 2.40.0