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Oneiric to Precise and Precise to Quantal upgrade: debconf prompt to update unmodified configuration file: /etc/sudoers

Bug #1034889 reported by Jean-Baptiste Lallement
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sudo (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
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Precise
Invalid
Undecided
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Ubuntu precise-updates
Quantal
Invalid
Medium
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Bug Description

Ubuntu Desktop Oneiric to Precise upgrade i386|amd64
Ubuntu Desktop Precise to Quantal upgrade i386|amd64

During upgrade from Oneiric to Precise, a prompt is displayed to update the file /etc/sudoers while this file has not been modified.

https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/view/Quantal/view/Upgrade%20Testing%20Dashboard/job/quantal-upgrade-precise-desktop/95/ARCH=amd64,LTS=non-lts,PROFILE=desktop,label=upgrade-test/artifact/results/bootstrap.log

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 9 14:53:20 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sudo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-08-09 (0 days ago)
VisudoCheck: /etc/sudoers: parsed OK

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Original file

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
summary: - Oneiric to Precise upgrade: debconf prompt to update unmodified
- configuration file: /etc/sudoers
+ Oneiric to Precise and Precise to Quantal upgrade: debconf prompt to
+ update unmodified configuration file: /etc/sudoers
description: updated
description: updated
Kate Stewart (kate.stewart)
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu Precise):
milestone: none → precise-updates
Revision history for this message
Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

I just updated from precise to quantal, and I wasn't prompted. Could the following line in the attached sudoers file have been added by your testing framework?

ubuntu ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

If so, that would be why you are getting prompted.

Changed in sudo (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Hm, you're right, closing and sorry for the noise.

Changed in sudo (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in sudo (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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