Is it me or is it sudo?

Mark Haney markh at abemblem.com
Wed Mar 28 14:48:37 UTC 2012


On 03/28/2012 10:28 AM, suvayu ali wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 16:22, Mark Haney<markh at abemblem.com>  wrote:
>> True, but if that's the case then specifying the user should work as well.
>>   It doesn't.  (and yes I've logged out and in again.  sudoers has been that
>> way for a couple of weeks now so that's not a problem.)
>
> What does /var/log/secure say for each sudo command you try?
>

Not much:

> Mar 28 10:22:48 marius sudo:    markh : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/markh ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/su
> Mar 28 10:23:59 marius sudo:    markh : TTY=pts/5 ; PWD=/home/markh/Documents ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/kate
> Mar 28 10:25:07 marius sudo:    markh : TTY=pts/7 ; PWD=/home/markh ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/su
> Mar 28 10:46:58 marius sudo:    markh : TTY=pts/7 ; PWD=/home/markh ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cat /var/log/secure


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Mark Haney
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