[sudo-users] sudo -i <command> results in "cannot execute binary file"

[Todd C. Miller]

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	so spake Nilsson Marcus (marcus.nilsson):

> 
> I'm having a problem running commands with roots (or any other users) environ
> ment using Sudo version 1.6.9p17 on SLES 11.
> 
> Example:
> 
> sevmani> sudo -i id
> /usr/bin/id: /usr/bin/id: cannot execute binary file

Running a command (and not just a shell) via "sudo -i" is only
supported starting with sudo 1.7.0.  Basically, "sudo -i" is just
shorthand for running the shell with the first character of the
argument vector set to '-' (indicating a login shell).  So what is
being run in your case is "bash /usr/bin/id".  For sudo 1.7.0 and
higher it will be converter to "bash -c /usr/bin/id".

 - todd