One work-around is to add this line to /etc/sudoers: Defaults env_keep += "PYTHONPATH"
But that would involve editing a file in /etc as root. Straightforward enough, but likely to get overwritten and what if the user screws this up? So Plan B - what if you added something in a .pth file in /Library/Python/2.5/ site-packages that re-orders the sys.path? Wouldn't that always work? On Nov 2, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Boyd Waters wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Brian Granger wrote: > >> First, if you have set PYTHONPATH to point >> sys.path at the site-packages in /Library, this setting will be lost >> when you do: >> >> sudo python setup.py install > > > Ouch, another good one... > > This is almost certainly not a bug, but rather a security feature. > >> The administrator can add a line to the sudoers file: >> >> Defaults env_reset >> >> that will reset the environment to only contain the variables >> HOME, LOGNAME, >> PATH, SHELL, TERM, and USER, preventing this attack. > > > _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
