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version 1.1.1.1, 2012/02/21 16:23:02 version 1.1.1.3, 2013/07/22 10:46:11
Line 16  A) As part of the build process, sudo creates a tempor Line 16  A) As part of the build process, sudo creates a tempor
    you may need to install the SUNWbtool package.  On other systems     you may need to install the SUNWbtool package.  On other systems
    "ar" may be included in the GNU binutils package.     "ar" may be included in the GNU binutils package.
   
Q) Sudo compiles but when I run it I get "Sorry, sudo must be setuid root."Q) Sudo compiles and installs OK but when I try to run it I get:
   and sudo quits.   /usr/local/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set
A) Sudo must be setuid root to do its work.  You need to do something likeA) Sudo must be setuid root to do its work.  Either /usr/local/bin/sudo
    is not owned by uid 0 or the setuid bit is not set.  This should have
    been done for you by "make install" but you can fix it manually by
    running the following as root:
     # chown root /usr/local/bin/sudo; chmod 4111 /usr/local/bin/sudo
 
 Q) Sudo compiles and installs OK but when I try to run it I get:
     effective uid is not 0, is /usr/local/bin/sudo on a file system with the
     'nosuid' option set or an NFS file system without root privileges?
 A) The owner and permissions on the sudo binary appear to be OK but when
    sudo ran, the setuid bit did not have an effect.  There are two common
    causes for this.  The first is that the file system the sudo binary
    is located on is mounted with the 'nosuid' mount option, which disables
    setuid binaries.  The other is that sudo is installed on an NFS-mounted
    file system that is exported without root privileges.  By default, NFS
    file systems are exported with uid 0 mapped to a non-privileged uid
    (usually -2).
 
 You need to do something like
    `chmod 4111 /usr/local/bin/sudo'.  Also, the file system sudo resides     `chmod 4111 /usr/local/bin/sudo'.  Also, the file system sudo resides
    on must *not* be mounted (or exported) with the nosuid option or sudo     on must *not* be mounted (or exported) with the nosuid option or sudo
    will not be able to work.  Another possibility is you may have '.' in     will not be able to work.  Another possibility is you may have '.' in
Line 49  A) Make sure you have an entry in your syslog.conf fil Line 67  A) Make sure you have an entry in your syslog.conf fil
    its conf file.  Also, remember that syslogd does *not* create     its conf file.  Also, remember that syslogd does *not* create
    log files, you need to create the file before syslogd will log     log files, you need to create the file before syslogd will log
    to it (ie: touch /var/log/sudo).     to it (ie: touch /var/log/sudo).
   Note:  the facility (e.g. "auth.debug") must be separated from the    Note:  the facility (e.g. "auth.debug") must be separated from the
           destination (e.g. "/var/log/auth" or "@loghost") by            destination (e.g. "/var/log/auth" or "@loghost") by
           tabs, *not* spaces.  This is a common error.            tabs, *not* spaces.  This is a common error.
   
Line 121  A) Sudo removes the following "dangerous" environment  Line 139  A) Sudo removes the following "dangerous" environment 
      _RLD_*       _RLD_*
      SHLIB_PATH (HP-UX only)       SHLIB_PATH (HP-UX only)
      LIBPATH (AIX only)       LIBPATH (AIX only)
      KRB_CONF (kerb4 only)  
      KRBCONFDIR (kerb4 only)  
      KRBTKFILE (kerb4 only)  
      KRB5_CONFIG (kerb5 only)       KRB5_CONFIG (kerb5 only)
      VAR_ACE (SecurID only)       VAR_ACE (SecurID only)
      USR_ACE (SecurID only)       USR_ACE (SecurID only)
Line 167  A) Starting with Solaris 2.6, snprintf(3) is included  Line 182  A) Starting with Solaris 2.6, snprintf(3) is included 
         #define HAVE_VSNPRINTF 1          #define HAVE_VSNPRINTF 1
    and run make.     and run make.
   
   Q) I built sudo on a Solaris 11 (or higher) machine but the resulting
      binary doesn't work older Solaris versions.  Why?
   
   A) Starting with Solaris 11, asprintf(3) is included in the standard
      C library.  To build a version of sudo on a Solaris 11 machine that
      will run on an older Solaris release, edit config.h and comment out
      the lines:
           #define HAVE_ASPRINTF 1
           #define HAVE_VASPRINTF 1
      and run make.
   
 Q) When I run "visudo" it says "sudoers file busy, try again later."  Q) When I run "visudo" it says "sudoers file busy, try again later."
    and doesn't do anything.     and doesn't do anything.
 A) Someone else is currently editing the sudoers file with visudo.  A) Someone else is currently editing the sudoers file with visudo.
Line 204  A) ssh does not allocate a tty by default when running Line 230  A) ssh does not allocate a tty by default when running
    You can use ssh's "-t" option to force it to allocate a tty.     You can use ssh's "-t" option to force it to allocate a tty.
    Alternately, if you do not mind your password being echoed to the     Alternately, if you do not mind your password being echoed to the
    screen, you can use the "visiblepw" sudoers option to allow this.     screen, you can use the "visiblepw" sudoers option to allow this.
   
   Q) When I try to use SSL-enabled LDAP with sudo I get an error:
       unable to initialize SSL cert and key db: security library: bad database.
       you must set TLS_CERT in /etc/ldap.conf to use SSL
   A) On systems that use a Mozilla-derived LDAP SDK there must be a
      certificate database in place to use SSL-encrypted LDAP connections.
      This file is usually /var/ldap/cert8.db or /etc/ldap/cert8.db.
      The actual number after "cert" will vary, depending on the version
      of the LDAP SDK that is being used.  If you do not have a certificate
      database you can either copy one from a mozilla-derived browser, such
      as firefox, or create one using the "certutil" command.  You can run
      "certutil" as follows and press the <return> (or <enter>) key at the
      password prompt:
       # certutil -N -d /var/ldap
       Enter a password which will be used to encrypt your keys.
       The password should be at least 8 characters long,
       and should contain at least one non-alphabetic character.
   
       Enter new password: <return>
       Re-enter password: <return>
   
   Q) On HP-UX, when I run command via sudo it displays information
      about the last successful login and last authentication failure
      for every command.  How can I fix this?
   A) This output comes from /usr/lib/security/libpam_hpsec.so.1.
      To suppress it, add a line like the following to /etc/pam.conf:
      sudo session required libpam_hpsec.so.1 bypass_umask bypass_last_login
   
   Q) On HP-UX, the umask setting in sudoers has no effect.
   A) If your /etc/pam.conf file has the libpam_hpsec.so.1 session module
      enabled, you may need to a add line like the following to pam.conf:
      sudo session required libpam_hpsec.so.1 bypass_umask
   
   Q) When I run sudo on AIX I get the following error:
       setuidx(ID_EFFECTIVE|ID_REAL|ID_SAVED, ROOT_UID): Operation not permitted.
   A) AIX's Enhanced RBAC is preventing sudo from running.  To fix
      this, add the following entry to /etc/security/privcmds (adjust
      the path to sudo as needed) and run the setkst command as root:
   
       /usr/local/bin/sudo:
               accessauths = ALLOW_ALL
               innateprivs = PV_DAC_GID,PV_DAC_O,PV_DAC_R,PV_DAC_UID,PV_DAC_W,PV_DAC_X,PV_FS_CHOWN,PV_PROC_ENV,PV_PROC_PRIO,PV_PROC_RAC
               secflags = FSF_EPS
   
   Q) Sudo configures and builds without error but when I run it I get
      a Segmentation fault.
   A) If you are on a Linux system, the first thing to try is to run
      configure with the --disable-pie option, then "make clean" and
      "make".  If that fixes the problem then your operating system
      does not properly support position independent executables.
      Please send a message to sudo@sudo.ws with system details such
      as the Linux distro, kernel version and CPU architecture.
   
   Q) When I run configure I get the following error:
       dlopen present but libtool doesn't appear to support your platform.
   A) Libtool doesn't know how to support dynamic linking on the operating
      system you are building for.  If you are cross-compiling, you need to
      specify the operating system, not just the CPU type.  For example:
           --host powerpc-unknown-linux
      instead of just:
           --host powerpc
   
 Q) How do you pronounce `sudo'?  Q) How do you pronounce `sudo'?
 A) The official pronunciation is soo-doo (for su "do").  However, an  A) The official pronunciation is soo-doo (for su "do").  However, an
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