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Bug 1728687 - sudo do not set always_set_home by defaults
Summary: sudo do not set always_set_home by defaults
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: sudo
Version: 30
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Radovan Sroka
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-07-10 12:50 UTC by M. Scherer
Modified: 2019-10-19 03:46 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: sudo-1.8.28-1.fc31
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Last Closed: 2019-10-19 03:46:31 UTC
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Description M. Scherer 2019-07-10 12:50:10 UTC 
Description of problem:

While trying to figure why our (Gluster upstream) test suite failed on Fedora, I found out that sudo on Centos 7 do have the option "always_set_home" activated by default, but Fedora don't, and since, for some reason, our CI use sudo -E, this break on Fedora.

Since the comment on the RHEL/Centos file speak of "security implication", I think it would be interesting to keep the 2 of them somehow in sync.

However, since that's also supposed to be dealt with "env_reset", it might be something subtle going on. 



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
sudo-1.8.27-1.fc30.x86_64

How reproducible:
Each time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. run "sudo -E env" on Fedora
2. see that /home is not reset (so /home is not /root
3. run "sudo -E env" on Centos or RHEL
4. see that /home is reset (so HOME=/root )

Actual results:
/home is kept as is

Expected results:
/home shouldn't be kept

Additional info:
Comment 1 Radovan Sroka 2019-08-16 12:14:52 UTC 
Yes, we can add that option into fedora default sudoers.
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2019-10-15 13:18:42 UTC 
FEDORA-2019-67998e9f7e has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-67998e9f7e
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2019-10-15 15:28:20 UTC 
sudo-1.8.28-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-67998e9f7e
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2019-10-19 03:46:31 UTC 
sudo-1.8.28-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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