[sudo-users] Problem with sudo version 1.6.8p9 on Sun Solaris 10 and the NOEXEC option.

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at courtesan.com
Tue Jul 24 10:02:40 EDT 2007


It does not make sense to use NOEXEC in conjunction with su since
the first thing su has to do is execute a shell.  If you want to
be able to run a root shell via sudo you probably do not want to
use NOEXEC.

Note that when it comes to editors, using sudoedit is generally
safer than vi w/ NOEXEC.

 - todd



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