Your message dated Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:52:47 -0600 (MDT)
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and subject line implemented as -n
has caused the Debian Bug report #258013,
regarding needs --nopasswordprompt for non-interactive use
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Package: sudo
Version: 1.6.7p5-1
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
I frequently use sudo for passwordless privilege escalation in
non-interactive processes. This usually works fine. However, when
there is something wrong with the sudoers file, the process hangs
indefinetely while sudo is waiting for a password to be entered.
sudo either needs a --nopasswordprompt switch which should make sudo
fail immediately if the command invoked does not match a NOPASSWD
entry, or it needs a maximum time it will wait for a password before
failing automatically.
Greetings
Marc
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-janeway
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages sudo depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Modern versions of sudo include the '-n' (non-interactive) option, which
prevents sudo from prompting the user for a password. With this option,
if a password is required for the command to run, sudo will display an error
message and exit immediately.
Enjoy!
Bdale
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