Re: Problems with sudo PATH
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 05:15:19PM +0100, Steve Kreyer wrote:
> after an update of my Debian system some time ago I've encountered
> some problems with sudo. In particular sudo doesn't seem to
> recognize any commands located in /sbin or /usr/sbin.
[…]
> What could be wrong here? Can I somehow see the content of $PATH
> within the sudo environment? AFAIK "sudo echo $PATH" fails because
> $PATH is evaluated by the shell before sudo is called.
This has bitten me on a few systems as well. I think it essentially
amounts to having
Defaults env_reset
Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
at the start of your /etc/sudoers. This wasn't required in earlier
versions, but if you choose not to upgrade /etc/sudoers (quite
sensible, since you would loose root access), then it no longer
sets a full path.
Note that a minimal sudoers is this:
------
Defaults env_reset
Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
#includedir /etc/sudoers.d
------
i.e. add yourself to group sudo rather than having to add each user
separately.
Regards,
Roger
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