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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

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