[sudo-workers] sudo 1.8.23b1 released

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at sudo.ws
Fri Mar 23 17:49:28 MDT 2018


The first beta version of sudo 1.8.23 is now available.  In addition
to bug fixes, sudo 1.8.23 introduces the cvtsudoers utility which
can convert between sudoers formats and perform some basic filtering.

The sudo distribution files are now signed with a new pgp key.
The PGPKEYS file has been updated accordingly.

Source:
    https://www.sudo.ws/sudo/dist/beta/sudo-1.8.23b1.tar.gz
    ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/beta/sudo-1.8.23b1.tar.gz

SHA256 checksum:
    ccd8c80361ae58eaebd070f72c42835d9fc13547f3b5a6807de9e52f76cab0c9
MD5 checksum:
    156a7256ab2c6a19601111708f5564a3

Binary packages:
    https://www.sudo.ws/sudo/dist/beta/packages/index.html#binary

For a list of download mirror sites, see:
    https://www.sudo.ws/sudo/download_mirrors.html

Sudo web site:
    https://www.sudo.ws/sudo/

Sudo web site mirrors:
    https://www.sudo.ws/sudo/mirrors.html

Major changes between sudo 1.8.23b1 and 1.8.22:

 * PAM account management modules and BSD auto approval modules are
   now run even when no password is required.

 * For kernel-based time stamps, if no terminal is present, fall
   back to parent-pid style time stamps.

 * The new cvtsudoers utility replaces both the "sudoers2ldif" script
   and the "visudo -x" functionality.  It can read a file in either
   sudoers or LDIF format and produce JSON, LDIF or sudoers output.
   It is also possible to filter the generated output file by user,
   group or host name.

 * The file, ldap and sss sudoers backends now share a common set
   of formatting functions for "sudo -l" output, which is also used
   by the cvtsudoers utility.

 * The /run directory is now used in preference to /var/run if it
   exists. Bug #822.

 * More accurate descriptions of the --with-rundir and --with-vardir
   configure options.  Bug #823.

 * The setpassent() and setgroupent() functions are now used on systems
   that support them to keep the passwd and group database open.
   Sudo performs a lot of passwd and group lookups so it can be
   beneficial to avoid opening and closing the files each time.

 * The new case_insensitive_user and case_insensitive_group sudoers
   options can be used to control whether sudo does case-sensitive
   matching of users and groups in sudoers.  Case insensitive
   matching is now the default.
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