Bug 128997

Summary:	sudo does not carry env variables
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Taj Morton <tajmorton>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.0
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Description Taj Morton 2006-04-05 23:35:40 UTC

By default, sudo has the flag env_reset set. This flag makes sudo drop all variables and set only the core ones (HOME, LOGNAME, PATH, SHELL, TERM, and USER). It causes problems in a few apps that rely on variables being carried over (such as Autopackage).

Why is env_reset on by default? Could it be turned off to make programs that rely on this sudo behaviour not fail with mysterious messages?

Thanks,
Taj

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-04-06 03:40:10 UTC

sudo does env_reset for security reasons.

This can be disabled for people in %wheel by uncommenting the
# Defaults:%wheel   !env_reset

in /etc/sudoers.