On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Raf Czlonka <rczlo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 07:39:31PM BST, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > > On 06/03/16 20:26, Todd C. Miller wrote: > > > Perhaps your sudo binary is linked with an old libc that used > > > sys_osendsyslog? > > > > That's it exactly. > > > > It looks like on this machine, I had an old /usr/bin/sudo lying around > > > > [Fri Jun 03 20:32:59] peter@elke:~$ ls -l `which sudo` > > -r-sr-xr-x 2 root bin 157480 Jun 30 2015 /usr/bin/sudo > > > > in addition to the one that came out of the more recent package > > > > [Fri Jun 03 20:33:20] peter@elke:~$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/sudo > > -r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 134023 May 23 19:21 /usr/local/bin/sudo > > > > and with a PATH like this > > > > [Fri Jun 03 20:34:20] peter@elke:~$ echo $PATH > > /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/s > > bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/peter/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/lo > > cal/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/games:. > > > > it's actually quite obvious. > > > > $ doas rm -f /usr/bin/sudo* > > $ doas rm -f /usr/bins/*sudo* > > > > made sudo work again. > > > > Note to self: upgrade notes are for reading > > Also, 'sysclean' from ports is a very handy utility if one "forgets" > to read the notes[0] :^) > > Regards, > > Raf > > [0] Even if one *does* read the notes, it is still very useful as it > helps to clean-up files and directories not mentioned in the notes > > +1 for sysclean to check for obsolete packages. sysclean reminds you which files are obsolete. but be careful deleting the files. I deleted a current libc.so by mistake.... open a root shell somewhere and then start deleting carefully, very carefully.
