| 2012-04-15 23:58:06 |
Steve Langasek |
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| 2012-04-15 23:58:13 |
Steve Langasek |
sudo (Ubuntu): status |
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| 2012-04-15 23:58:14 |
Steve Langasek |
sudo (Ubuntu): importance |
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| 2012-04-27 12:44:24 |
Anand Karthikeyan |
bug |
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| 2012-04-30 22:59:56 |
Steve Langasek |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Precise |
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| 2012-04-30 22:59:56 |
Steve Langasek |
bug task added |
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sudo (Ubuntu Precise) |
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| 2012-04-30 22:59:56 |
Steve Langasek |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Quantal |
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| 2012-04-30 22:59:56 |
Steve Langasek |
bug task added |
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sudo (Ubuntu Quantal) |
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| 2012-04-30 23:00:02 |
Steve Langasek |
sudo (Ubuntu Precise): importance |
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| 2012-04-30 23:00:05 |
Steve Langasek |
sudo (Ubuntu Precise): status |
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| 2012-04-30 23:00:07 |
Steve Langasek |
sudo (Ubuntu Precise): assignee |
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) |
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| 2012-04-30 23:00:09 |
Steve Langasek |
sudo (Ubuntu Quantal): assignee |
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) |
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| 2012-04-30 23:00:11 |
Steve Langasek |
sudo (Ubuntu Quantal): status |
Triaged |
In Progress |
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| 2012-05-11 10:09:24 |
Graham Inggs |
bug |
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added subscriber Graham Inggs |
| 2012-05-13 15:30:29 |
Marc Deslauriers |
bug |
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added subscriber Marc Deslauriers |
| 2012-05-15 21:48:42 |
Steve Langasek |
sudo (Ubuntu Quantal): assignee |
Steve Langasek (vorlon) |
Tyler Hicks (tyhicks) |
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| 2012-05-15 21:49:41 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:~vorlon/ubuntu/quantal/sudo/lp.982684 |
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| 2012-05-15 22:02:15 |
Steve Langasek |
summary |
sudo doesn't apply global environment settings from /etc/environment |
sudo, pkexec don't apply global environment settings from /etc/environment |
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| 2012-05-15 22:02:26 |
Steve Langasek |
bug task added |
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policykit-1 (Ubuntu) |
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| 2012-05-15 22:03:07 |
Steve Langasek |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Precise): status |
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| 2012-05-15 22:03:10 |
Steve Langasek |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Quantal): status |
New |
In Progress |
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| 2012-05-15 22:03:12 |
Steve Langasek |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Precise): importance |
Undecided |
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| 2012-05-15 22:03:14 |
Steve Langasek |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Quantal): importance |
Undecided |
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| 2012-05-15 22:03:16 |
Steve Langasek |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Precise): assignee |
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) |
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| 2012-05-15 22:03:19 |
Steve Langasek |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Quantal): assignee |
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) |
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| 2012-05-15 22:25:24 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/policykit-1 |
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| 2012-05-15 22:35:12 |
Launchpad Janitor |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Quantal): status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2012-05-15 23:10:23 |
Steve Langasek |
description |
In connection with the recent update-notifier changes (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Specs/UpdateNotifierPackageDataDownloader), some users who were previously able to download the flashplugin via the apt proxy settings are now unable to download it when running, e.g., 'sudo apt-get install'.
The reason for this is that, even though a global proxy may be configured in /etc/environment, sudo does not allow $http_proxy to be inherited by default and does not reapply the environment from /etc/environment (and from /etc/default/locale) via pam_env.
The first part is reasonable, but I question the second part. Since these are global config files, I believe it's safe for sudo to apply the environment settings by default just as 'su' does; and the settings are intended to apply globally, which would include to sudo sessions.
This would make update-notifier work more reliably for users with proxies, and would probably help with a variety of other cases where global variables are currently not being set as expected for sudo.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 017452a27eca3c8b498abbfa5ef91db9
CheckboxSystem: ecaaad6fa1e0799a0aa1126bf620f39e
Date: Sun Apr 15 16:41:17 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (159 days ago) |
[Impact]
In connection with the recent update-notifier changes (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Specs/UpdateNotifierPackageDataDownloader), some users who were previously able to download the flashplugin via the apt proxy settings are now unable to download it when running, e.g., 'sudo apt-get install'.
The reason for this is that, even though a global proxy may be configured in /etc/environment, sudo does not allow $http_proxy to be inherited by default and does not reapply the environment from /etc/environment (and from /etc/default/locale) via pam_env.
The first part is reasonable, but I question the second part. Since these are global config files, I believe it's safe for sudo to apply the environment settings by default just as 'su' does; and the settings are intended to apply globally, which would include to sudo sessions.
This would make update-notifier work more reliably for users with proxies, and would probably help with a variety of other cases where global variables are currently not being set as expected for sudo.
[Test Case]
1. Set 'http_proxy=invalid' in /etc/environment
2. Run 'sudo wget http://www.ubuntu.com/', 'pkexec wget http://www.ubuntu.com/'
3. Verify that the commands return successfully
4. Install updated sudo, policykit-1 packages from precise-proposed
5. Repeat the commands from step 2
6. Verify that the commands now fail with an error about invalid proxies
7. Remove the http_proxy line from /etc/environment
[Regression potential]
Some users may consider it a feature that global settings from /etc/environment are not applied to sudo and/or pkexec. However, this is not by design; the cost of not being able to correctly support proxies for users is greater than the cost of changing this behavior in an SRU and breaking expectations of users regarding undocumented behavior.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 017452a27eca3c8b498abbfa5ef91db9
CheckboxSystem: ecaaad6fa1e0799a0aa1126bf620f39e
Date: Sun Apr 15 16:41:17 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (159 days ago) |
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| 2012-05-15 23:11:57 |
Steve Langasek |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Precise): status |
Triaged |
In Progress |
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| 2012-05-17 07:32:13 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Precise): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2012-05-17 07:32:19 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2012-05-17 07:32:21 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
bug |
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added subscriber SRU Verification |
| 2012-05-17 07:32:24 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
tags |
amd64 apport-bug precise |
amd64 apport-bug precise verification-needed |
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| 2012-05-17 07:40:28 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/precise-proposed/policykit-1 |
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| 2012-05-21 07:15:46 |
Tyler Hicks |
attachment added |
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sudo_1.8.3p1-1ubuntu6.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/sudo/+bug/982684/+attachment/3155575/+files/sudo_1.8.3p1-1ubuntu6.debdiff |
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| 2012-05-21 07:19:11 |
Tyler Hicks |
attachment added |
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sudo_1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.3.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/sudo/+bug/982684/+attachment/3155576/+files/sudo_1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.3.debdiff |
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| 2012-05-21 07:20:48 |
Tyler Hicks |
branch linked |
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lp:~tyhicks/qa-regression-testing/lp.982684 |
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| 2012-05-23 16:05:20 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/sudo |
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| 2012-05-23 16:50:52 |
Launchpad Janitor |
sudo (Ubuntu Quantal): status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2012-06-01 03:51:11 |
Chris Halse Rogers |
sudo (Ubuntu Precise): status |
Triaged |
Fix Committed |
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| 2012-06-01 04:11:19 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/precise-proposed/sudo |
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| 2012-06-01 21:00:21 |
Stéphane Graber |
tags |
amd64 apport-bug precise verification-needed |
amd64 apport-bug precise verification-done |
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| 2012-06-04 00:46:17 |
Launchpad Janitor |
policykit-1 (Ubuntu Precise): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2012-06-08 05:46:48 |
Gert-Jan van der Heiden |
bug |
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added subscriber Gert-Jan van der Heiden |
| 2012-06-08 11:18:17 |
Launchpad Janitor |
sudo (Ubuntu Precise): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2012-06-11 08:00:19 |
maletin |
bug |
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added subscriber maletin |
| 2012-11-02 22:01:34 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/policykit-1 |
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| 2013-03-08 10:59:26 |
Martin Pitt |
bug watch added |
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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62016 |
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| 2013-03-08 10:59:26 |
Martin Pitt |
bug task added |
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policykit |
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| 2013-03-12 09:17:24 |
Bug Watch Updater |
policykit: status |
Unknown |
Incomplete |
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| 2013-03-12 09:17:24 |
Bug Watch Updater |
policykit: importance |
Unknown |
Medium |
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| 2013-04-12 15:19:17 |
Bug Watch Updater |
policykit: status |
Incomplete |
Fix Released |
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