[sudo-users] Other ways to check for sudo access

[Daniel Feren]

Klaus,

I had never heard of Expect, it seems useful.  All in all, our application I
think would prefer a simpler approach that doesn't require an additional
program/utility not to mention the need to store the required password(s).  I
could see how it could work.  Thank you for sharing your idea, I'll keep that
in mind for the future.

Daniel,

--- Klaus Steden <klaus.steden at thomson.net> wrote:

> 
> What about writing something using Expect? It's a pretty common tool for
> "interactive" processes, like password challenges and so forth.
> 
> Klaus
> 
> On 2/13/08 2:55 PM, "Daniel Feren" <daniel_james_404 at yahoo.com>did etch on
> stone tablets:
> 
> > Hi all!
> > 
> > I have an application that needs to determine whether sudo has been setup.
> > The
> > catch 22 is that sudo needs to be setup for anyone to do "sudo -l" to
> > determine
> > whether sudo was setup.  I need to get an indication in stdout or stderr
> > whether there is sudo setup/access or not.  As you know, the default
> settings
> > require a tty and a password challenge, both of which would block my
> > application fron running.  I've looked in the archives, but didn't find any
> > way
> > around this catch 22.
> > 
> > Does anyone know a way to determine whether their sudo has been setup
> without
> > being prompted for a password?  or have any ideas on how to detect a
> > non-sudo-configured situation?  I'm guessing this is a security feature,
> what
> > do you think?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Daniel,
> > 
> > 
> >       
> >
>
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