Re: [PLUG] kernel bug - gain root priv

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 3/15/21 2:47 PM, brent timothy saner via plug wrote:
> On 3/15/21 14:42, JP Vossen via plug wrote:
> > Only if they have the iSCSI module loaded, or you can load it.
> >
> > But on the `sudo` front, upstream Sudo finally made a change that I
> > can't believe took so incredibly long:
> > ----
> > https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html
> > ...
> > The current stable release of the sudo 1.9 branch is version 1.9.6p1.
> > ...
> > Major changes between version 1.9.3 and 1.9.2:
> > ...
> > Sudo no longer refuses to run if a syntax error in the sudoers file is
> > encountered. The entry with the syntax error will be discarded and sudo
> > will continue to parse the file. This makes recovery from a syntax error
> > less painful on systems where sudo is the primary method of superuser
> > access. ...
> > ...
> > ----
>
> Just a quick note that this change *theoretically*[0] obsoletes
> visudo(8) since you won't break your sudo.
>
> [0] But still use it.

I should have noted that `visudo` is one of the main places that has the better syntax error reporting...  So yes, still use it.  :-)

Later,
JP
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