Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:28:30AM +0100, Rainer Weikusat wrote:

[sudo/ PATH]

>> Also, the Debian default configuration
>> contains a
>> 
>> Defaults        
>> secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
>> 
>> which means the user PATH won't be passed on unless someone explicitly
>> choses to enable it.
>
> So defining this secure_path means it's the PATH to be used for sudo?  
> and if it's not defined it defaults to PATH?  Is it the same for su?

According to the su man page,

        The value of $PATH is reset to /bin:/usr/bin for normal users,
        or /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin for the superuser. This may be
        changed with the ENV_PATH and ENV_SUPATH definitions in
        /etc/login.defs.
       
> And where is this defined?

/etc/sudoers
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