Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 02:33:12 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strange sudo behavior Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970129023233.3489A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970128235356.24983D-100000@localhost>
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On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Snob Art Genre wrote: > > > for a while I used sudo 1.4 on 2.1.5 without problems; however, at > > some point it began behaving strangely. When I run it, I get the little > > admonition it gives (I *hate* that) and then a password prompt and then > > the shell prompt again. That is, it never reads a password from me; it > > terminates immediately. No message is sent to root nor do any messages > > appear on the console. I have tried reinstalling both from ports and > > from packages, to no avail. Any guesses? > > Your timestamp file may be corrupt; try running 'sudo -k' to wipe it out. I reinstalled the package and did this. It had no effect. Any other guesses? Thanks again. > The port didn't appear to do anything to it, though? > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > Ben The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland, Australia.
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