=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/sudo/Attic/UPGRADE,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 --- src/usr.bin/sudo/Attic/UPGRADE 2007/07/26 16:10:15 1.3 +++ src/usr.bin/sudo/Attic/UPGRADE 2008/11/14 11:53:05 1.4 @@ -1,6 +1,33 @@ Notes on upgrading from an older release ======================================== +o Upgrading from a version prior to 1.7.0: + + Starting with sudo 1.7.0 comments in the sudoers file must not + have a digit or minus sign immediately after the comment character + ('#'). Otherwise, the comment may be interpreted as a user or + group ID. + + When sudo is build with LDAP support the /etc/nsswitch.conf file is + now used to determine the sudoers seach order. sudo will default to + only using /etc/sudoers unless /etc/nsswitch.conf says otherwise. + This can be changed with an nsswitch.conf line, e.g.: + sudoers: ldap files + Would case LDAP to be searched first, then the sudoers file. + To restore the pre-1.7.0 behavior, run configure with the + --with-nsswitch=no flag. + + Sudo now ignores user .ldaprc files as well as system LDAP defaults. + All LDAP configuration is now in /etc/ldap.conf (or whichever file + was specified by configure's --with-ldap-conf-file option). + If you are using TLS, you may now need to specify: + tls_checkpeer no + in sudo's ldap.conf unless ldap.conf references a valid certificate + authority file(s). + + Please also see the WHATSNEW file for a list of new features in + sudo 1.7.0. + o Upgrading from a version prior to 1.6.9: Starting with sudo 1.6.9, if an OS supports a modular authentication