sudo generating a bus error

Paul Porcelli Paul.Porcelli at nsc.com
Fri Jun 27 06:08:37 EDT 2003


Sudo - Version 1.6.7p3
OS - Solaris 2.8

While logged in as Big Brother user account (bigb)
I run the following command:

bigb> /usr/local/bin/sudo -l
User bigb may run the following commands on this host:
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/nsrjb

N.B. Current env VARIABLES are:
HOME=/opt/bigb
HZ=100
IFS=

LOGNAME=bigb
MAILCHECK=600
OPTIND=1
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:.
PS1=$
PS2=>
SHELL=/bin/sh
TERM=dtterm
TZ=GB

I then run a Big Brother config script which sets up Big Brother vars i.e
bigb>  .  $HOME/etc/bbdef.sh

Now I run the sudo command again:
bigb> /usr/local/bin/sudo -l
Bus Error

N.B. ENV variables after running bbdef.sh are seen below.

ALPHAPGR=/usr/local/bin/qpage
AWK=/usr/xpg4/bin/awk
BB=/opt/bb/bin/bb
BBACKS=/opt/bbvar/acks
BBALLHISTLOG=TRUE
BBCPUTAB=/opt/bb/etc/bb-cputab
BBDATA=/opt/bbvar/data
BBDEFSLEEP=300
BBDFTAB=/opt/bb/etc/bb-dftab
BBDISABLED=/opt/bbvar/disabled
BBDISP=111.111.111.119
BBDISPLAYS=
BBEXT=
BBEXTTAB=/opt/bb/etc/bb-bbexttab
BBHIST=/opt/bbvar/hist
BBHISTEXT=
BBHISTLOGS=/opt/bbvar/histlogs
BBHIST_IGNOREBLUE=FALSE
BBHOME=/opt/bb
BBHOSTHISTLOG=TRUE
BBHOSTS=/opt/bb/etc/bb-hosts
BBLOGS=/opt/bbvar/logs
BBLOGSTATUS=STATIC
BBMKBB2EXT=eventlog.sh acklog.sh
BBMKBBEXT=
BBMSGSTAB=/opt/bb/etc/bb-msgstab
BBNETSVCS=smtp telnet ftp pop pop3 pop-3 ssh imap ssh1 ssh2 imap2 imap3
imap4 pop2 pop-2 nntp
BBNETTHREADS=1
BBNETTIMER1=3
BBNETTIMER2=5
BBNETTIMER3=12
BBNOTES=/opt/bb/www/notes
BBOSTYPE=solaris
BBOUT=/opt/bb/BBOUT
BBPAGE=111.111.111.119
BBPAGERS=
BBPID=/opt/bb/tmp/BBPID
BBPROCTAB=/opt/bb/etc/bb-proctab
BBREL=1.9c
BBRELAYS=
BBRELDATE=Wed, 15 May 2002 11:00:00 GMT
BBREP=/opt/bb/www/rep
BBREPURL=/bb/rep
BBREPWARN=97
BBSKIN=/bb/gifs
BBTMP=/opt/bb/tmp
BBTOOMANYDAYSUP=9999
BBTOP=/opt
BBUSER=bigb
BBVAR=/opt/bbvar
BBWAP=/bb/wml
BBWEB=/bb
BBWEBHOST=http://ukln
BBWEBHOSTURL=http://ukln/bb
BBWEBHTMLLOGS=http://ukln/bb/html
CAT=/bin/cat
CGIBINURL=/cgi-bin
CHKMSGLEN=TRUE
CONNTEST=TRUE
CP=/bin/cp
CPUPANIC=300
CPUWARN=150
CUT=/usr/bin/cut
DATE=/bin/date
DAYS=days
DF=/bin/df -kl
DFCMD=/bin/df -kl
DFEXCLUDE=cdrom
DFPANIC=95
DFSORT=4
DFUSE=^/dev|^swap
DFWARN=90
DIG=/usr/local/bin/dig
DISPREALLOADAVG=FALSE
DOCOMBO=TRUE
DOCPU=TRUE
DODISK=TRUE
DOMSGS=TRUE
DOPROCS=TRUE
DOTHEIGHT=16
DOTWIDTH=16
EGREP=/usr/xpg4/bin/egrep
EXPR=/usr/bin/expr
FIND=/usr/bin/find
FQDN=
GREP=/usr/bin/grep
HEAD=/usr/bin/head
HOME=/opt/bigb
HOURS=hours
HZ=100
ID=/usr/bin/id
IFS=

IGNMSGS=
IPTEST_2_CLEAR_ON_FAILED_CONN=TRUE
KERMIT=/usr/local/bin/kermit
LN=/bin/ln
LOCKPREFIX=/var/spool/locks/LCK..
LOGNAME=bigb
LS=/bin/ls
LYNX=/usr/local/bin/lynx -dump -head
LYNXCMD=/usr/local/bin/lynx
MACHINE=korky
MACHINEADDR=111.111.111.27
MACHINEDOTS=ourhost
MACHIP=11111111127
MAIL=/usr/ucb/mail -s
MAILC=/usr/bin/mail
MAILCHECK=600
MAXCOMBOMSGS=999
MAXCOMBOTTL=120
MAXLINE=8192
MINS=minutes
MKBBACKFONT=COLOR=silver SIZE=-1
MKBBCOLFONT=COLOR=teal SIZE=-1
MKBBEMPTYPAGE=<FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Tahoma, Arial,
Helvetica">There are no hosts defined on this page</FONT>
MKBBLOCAL=<B><I>Pages Hosted Locally</I></B>
MKBBMANAGE=<B><I>Managed Instances</I></B>
MKBBREMOTE=<B><I>Remote Status Display</I></B>
MKBBROWFONT=SIZE=+1 COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica"
MKBBSUBLOCAL=<B><I>Subpages Hosted Locally</I></B>
MKBBTITLE=COLOR=ivory SIZE=+1
MSGEXPIRE=30:60
MSGFILE=/var/adm/messages
MSGS=NOTICE WARNING
MV=/bin/mv
NETERR=7
NOCPUCOLOR=clear
NODISKCOLOR=clear
NOMSGSCOLOR=clear
NONETPAGE=
NOPINGCLEAR=TRUE
NOPROCSCOLOR=clear
NSLOOKUP=/usr/sbin/nslookup
OLDSTYLEBBMSGS=FALSE
OPTIND=1
PAGELEVELS= red purple
PAGEMSG=NOTICE
PAGEPROC=cron
PAGINGLOCK=/opt/bb/tmp/paginglock
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:.
PING=/usr/sbin/ping
PINGPAR1=-sn
PINGPAR2=56 1
PINGSLEEPFCT=3
PINGTESTS=4
PINGWARN=1
PROCS=bbrun
PS=/bin/ps -ef
PS1=$
PS2=>
PURPLEDELAY=30
QPAGE=/usr/local/bin/qpage
QPAGEARGS=-f bb
QPAGEUSER=bb
RECVFROMMSG=Status message received from
REDMSGSLINES=20
RM=/bin/rm
SAVESTATUSLOG=TRUE
SED=/usr/bin/sed
SENDPAGE=/usr/local/bin/sendpage
SENDPAGEARGS=
SHELL=/bin/sh
SORT=/usr/bin/sort
STATUNCHMSG=Status unchanged in
STOPROOT=TRUE
SUMMARY_SET_BKG=TRUE
TAIL=/usr/bin/tail
TERM=dtterm
TOP=
TOPARGS=
TOUCH=/usr/bin/touch
TZ=GB
UNIQ=/usr/bin/uniq
UPTIME=/usr/bin/uptime
WARNCOLORONREBOOT=yellow
WARNMINSONREBOOT=60
WC=/usr/bin/wc -l
WCC=/usr/bin/wc
WEBHISTORY=TRUE
WHO=/usr/bin/who
WMLMAXCHARS=1500
WML_OUTPUT=FALSE
YELLOWMSGSLINES=10
color=purple


Any suggestions as to why I am getting the bus error ?
Many thanks.

==
Paul Porcelli
IS Unix Administrator
National Semiconductor UK
Tel: (+44 ) 01475-655164


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