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 FAQ and troubleshooting tips for Sudo  Troubleshooting tips and FAQ for Sudo
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   Q) When I run configure, it says "C compiler cannot create executables".
   A) This usually means you either don't have a working compiler.  This
      could be due to the lack of a license or that some component of the
      compiler suite could not be found.  Check config.log for clues as
      to why this is happening.  On many systems, compiler components live
      in /usr/ccs/bin which may not be in your PATH environment variable.
   
 Q) Sudo compiles but when I run it I get "Sorry, sudo must be setuid root."  Q) Sudo compiles but when I run it I get "Sorry, sudo must be setuid root."
    and sudo quits.     and sudo quits.
 A) Sudo must be setuid root to do its work.  You need to do something like  A) Sudo must be setuid root to do its work.  You need to do something like
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    your $PATH before the directory containing sudo.  If you are going     your $PATH before the directory containing sudo.  If you are going
    to have '.' in your path you should make sure it is at the end.     to have '.' in your path you should make sure it is at the end.
   
   Q) Sudo compiles but when I run it I get "seteuid(0): Operation not permitted"
      and sudo quits.
   A) The operating system you are running probably has broken support for
      POSIX saved IDs.  You should run configure with the "--disable-saved-ids"
      option and rebuild sudo.
   
 Q) Sudo never gives me a chance to enter a password using PAM, it just  Q) Sudo never gives me a chance to enter a password using PAM, it just
    says 'Sorry, try again.' three times and quits.     says 'Sorry, try again.' three times and quits.
 A) You didn't setup PAM to work with sudo.  On Linux this generally  A) You didn't setup PAM to work with sudo.  On Linux this generally
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      LOCALDOMAIN       LOCALDOMAIN
      RES_OPTIONS       RES_OPTIONS
      HOSTALIASES       HOSTALIASES
        NLSPATH
        PATH_LOCALE
        TERMINFO
        TERMINFO_DIRS
        TERMPATH
        TERMCAP
      ENV       ENV
      BASH_ENV       BASH_ENV
        LC_ (if it contains a '/' or '%')
        LANG (if it contains a '/' or '%')
        LANGUAGE (if it contains a '/' or '%')
      LD_*       LD_*
      _RLD_*       _RLD_*
      SHLIB_PATH (HP-UX only)       SHLIB_PATH (HP-UX only)
      LIB_PATH (AIX only)       LIBPATH (AIX only)
      KRB_CONF (kerb4 only)       KRB_CONF (kerb4 only)
        KRBCONFDIR (kerb4 only)
        KRBTKFILE (kerb4 only)
      KRB5_CONFIG (kerb5 only)       KRB5_CONFIG (kerb5 only)
        VAR_ACE (SecurID only)
        USR_ACE (SecurID only)
        DLC_ACE (SecurID only)
   
 Q) How can I keep sudo from asking for a password?  Q) How can I keep sudo from asking for a password?
 A) To specify this on a per-user (and per-command) basis, use the 'NOPASSWD'  A) To specify this on a per-user (and per-command) basis, use the 'NOPASSWD'
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 A) Some SVR4-derived OS's include a /usr/bin/cd command for reasons  A) Some SVR4-derived OS's include a /usr/bin/cd command for reasons
    unfathomable.  A "cd" command is totally useless since a child process     unfathomable.  A "cd" command is totally useless since a child process
    cannot affect the current working directory of the parent (your shell).     cannot affect the current working directory of the parent (your shell).
   
   Q) When I run sudo it says I am not alllowed to run the command as root
      but I don't want to run it as root, I want to run it as another user.
      My sudoers file entry looks like:
       bob ALL=(oracle) ALL
   A) The default user sudo tries to run things as is always root, even if
      the invoking user can only run commands as a single, specific user.
      This may change in the future but at the present time you have to
      work around this using the 'runas_default' option in sudoers.
      For example:
       Defaults:bob        runas_default=oracle
      would achieve the desired result ofr the preceding sudoers fragment.
   
 Q) How do you pronounce `sudo'?  Q) How do you pronounce `sudo'?
 A) soo-doo (for superuser do).  A) soo-doo (for superuser do).
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