I just ran an update and noticed that etc-update wants to change the
layout of /etc/sudoers, specifically...
######################################################################
##
## User privilege specification
##
-root ALL=(ALL) ALL
+root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
## Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command
-# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
+# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
## Same thing without a password
-# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
+# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command
-# %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL
+# %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
## Uncomment to allow any user to run sudo if they know the password
## of the user they are running the command as (root by default).
# Defaults targetpw # Ask for the password of the target user
-# ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING: only use this together with 'Defaults targetpw'
+# ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # WARNING: only use this together with 'Defaults targetpw'
######################################################################
...and similar changes for /etc/sudoers.dist. What is this about, and
should I go ahead?
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
layout of /etc/sudoers, specifically...
######################################################################
##
## User privilege specification
##
-root ALL=(ALL) ALL
+root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
## Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command
-# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
+# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
## Same thing without a password
-# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
+# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command
-# %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL
+# %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
## Uncomment to allow any user to run sudo if they know the password
## of the user they are running the command as (root by default).
# Defaults targetpw # Ask for the password of the target user
-# ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING: only use this together with 'Defaults targetpw'
+# ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # WARNING: only use this together with 'Defaults targetpw'
######################################################################
...and similar changes for /etc/sudoers.dist. What is this about, and
should I go ahead?
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications