Ubuntu
sudo package

[hardy] exit out of sudo -i doesnt really exit

Bug #191210 reported by Bastiaan Wakkie
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
sudo (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: sudo

Consider the following structure:
I work on my computer. Log in as (sudo -i) root and do some stuff and exit the root. I go for a coffee.
Now someone just has to type sudo -i to gain root access and screw up my computer. Is this a normal structure you would expect from sudo?
I would have expected to be prompt with a password again.

me@localhost:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for me:
root@localhost:~# exit
logout
me@localhost:~$ date
Tue Feb 12 10:22:17 CET 2008
me@localhost:~$ sudo -i
root@localhost:~# date
Tue Feb 12 10:22:39 CET 2008
root@localhost:~# exit
logout
me@localhost:~$ date
Tue Feb 12 10:22:44 CET 2008
me@localhost:~$ sudo -i
root@localhost:~#

Revision history for this message
Andrea Gasparini (gaspa) wrote :

Sudo timeout in wich debian/ubuntu systems doesn't ask for password is 15minutes, if i remember well.
In any case, you could invalidate the last password given by "sudo -k"

[501]gaspa@saturnino:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for gaspa:
root@saturnino:~# exit
[502]gaspa@saturnino:~$ sudo -k
[503]gaspa@saturnino:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for gaspa:
root@saturnino:~#

Andrea Gasparini (gaspa)
Changed in sudo:
status: New → Invalid
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