[sudo-users] Mailing list update and enhancement request

Grant Taylor gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net
Fri Apr 5 22:15:47 MDT 2024


On 4/1/24 15:52, Todd C. Miller via sudo-users wrote:
> You just need to be aware that if you run, for example, "visudo 
> -f /etc/sudoers.d/01-local-sudoers", only that specific file will 
> be checked for syntax errors and file permissions, not the overall 
> sudoers policy that includes the file.

Is that not also the case with just a stock `visudo`?

I /thought/ that just `visudo` would only run syntax check on the 
sudoers file (nominally /etc/sudoers) and not any of the included files.



-- 
Grant. . . .


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