905158 – app-admin/sudo does not create /etc/sudoers.d directory

Bug 905158 - app-admin/sudo does not create /etc/sudoers.d directory

Summary: app-admin/sudo does not create /etc/sudoers.d directory

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2023-04-27 12:47 UTC by Nicholas Hubbard
Modified:	2024-10-31 14:59 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Nicholas Hubbard 2023-04-27 12:47:37 UTC

I am packaging software that depends on app-admin/sudo and requires that the /etc/sudoers.d directory exists. Unfortunately app-admin/sudo does not create this directory when it is installed. It would not make sense for my package to create this directory as it would be very strange for a package other than sudo to own it, and there would be potential permissions issues.

Should app-admin/sudo be updated to create this directory?

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2024-10-31 14:59:08 UTC

Packages do not own directories; they own files within directories.

Feel free to install files in /etc/sudoers.d in an ebuild. Portage will create the directory if it is missing automatically.