Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:05:22 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strange sudo behavior Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970129000320.2497A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970128235356.24983D-100000@localhost>
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On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Snob Art Genre wrote: > > > for a while I used sudo 1.4 on 2.1.5 without problems; however, at > > some point it began behaving strangely. When I run it, I get the little > > admonition it gives (I *hate* that) and then a password prompt and then > > the shell prompt again. That is, it never reads a password from me; it > > terminates immediately. No message is sent to root nor do any messages > > appear on the console. I have tried reinstalling both from ports and > > from packages, to no avail. Any guesses? > > Your timestamp file may be corrupt; try running 'sudo -k' to wipe it out. > > The port didn't appear to do anything to it, though? You mean reinstalling? No, no effect. I'll report back tonight after trying this. Thanks for the tip, I'll let you know how it works. > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > Ben The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland, Australia.
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