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changeset 13686:4f7035d6b921
In SECURITY NOTES, clarify that PATH may be overridden by the policy.
Bug #1014
| author | Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@sudo.ws> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:08:03 -0700 |
| parents | 46db77e4afb8 |
| children | 75c23aaa9fca |
| files | docs/sudo.man.in docs/sudo.mdoc.in |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/docs/sudo.man.in Sat Dec 11 08:35:18 2021 -0700 +++ b/docs/sudo.man.in Sat Dec 11 09:08:03 2021 -0700 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .nr BA @BAMAN@ .nr LC @LCMAN@ .nr PS @PSMAN@ -.TH "SUDO" "@mansectsu@" "September 17, 2021" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual" +.TH "SUDO" "@mansectsu@" "December 11, 2021" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual" .nh .if n .ad l .SH "NAME" @@ -1034,11 +1034,10 @@ \fRPATH\fR (if one or both are in the \fRPATH\fR). -Note, however, that the actual +Depending on the security policy, the user's \fRPATH\fR -environment variable is -\fInot\fR -modified and is passed unchanged to the program that +environment variable may be modified, replaced, +or passed unchanged to the program that \fBsudo\fR executes. .PP
--- a/docs/sudo.mdoc.in Sat Dec 11 08:35:18 2021 -0700 +++ b/docs/sudo.mdoc.in Sat Dec 11 09:08:03 2021 -0700 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .nr BA @BAMAN@ .nr LC @LCMAN@ .nr PS @PSMAN@ -.Dd September 17, 2021 +.Dd December 11, 2021 .Dt SUDO @mansectsu@ .Os Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@ .Sh NAME @@ -975,11 +975,10 @@ .Ev PATH (if one or both are in the .Ev PATH ) . -Note, however, that the actual +Depending on the security policy, the user's .Ev PATH -environment variable is -.Em not -modified and is passed unchanged to the program that +environment variable may be modified, replaced, +or passed unchanged to the program that .Nm executes. .Pp