sudo-1.6.9p4-3.fc8

Any idea where this rpm is? Apparently it is supposed to fix the bug - audit_log_user_command(): Connection refused.

It's really annoying and it's hard to believe that no update is available. What's with Fedora and its repos?

Reference: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-p ... 00500.html

Thanks

Cheers.

 

The best source for packages is the fedora package database, and sudo is here. The bug is fixed in later versions of the image file by the way, not sure in which one first.

 

Thanks macles, unfortunately this (sudo-1.6.9p4-3.fc8) didn't fix the bug. Any idea which one would? Maybe there's something missing from the kernel?

Thanks

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According to the bug report, the real fix is not available in any Fedora 8 packages. Acer probably patched sudo in later image versions.

 

macles, I'm not understanding what you mean here? What later images? Are you saying that your version doesn't have the problem? I've kept up with updates and so far, nothing fixed here in this regards.

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Yes i mean recovery cd images, or preinstalled images, same thing. I know that version 1.0.3 has the bug, but 1.0.9 doesn't so it was fixed somewhere in between. Both show the same sudo version though, so i guess Acer just sneaked the patch, which is just one line, in without changing the version information.

 

Damn, so there's no way to get the thing fixed? Possible with just getting the .so file from a later image? Or if someone has that particular rpm in their cache, could I get it and just run it to correct this shit?

Cheers.

 

Re: sudo-1.6.9p4-3.fc8 [SOLVED]

Well I solved my problem! Just posting so others will know what I've done.

As macles said, sudo is broken on the 1.0.3 distribution. A friend dropped by tonight who has v 1.0.7 installed on his system. I got copies of the following files from him:

/usr/bin/sudo
/usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.la
/usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.so

and put them in the respective directories on my box, overwriting what I had there.

Now sudo opens without that annoying error message. Sure saves having to do a complete install from a newer distribution just to get that silly little problem fixed.

Cheers.

 

Re: sudo-1.6.9p4-3.fc8 [SOLVED]

Hi rbil,

Would you mind uploading the files in rapidshare maybe and provide the link here for mutual benefit?

Thanks & cheers!

 

OK, placed it on the Links to Download of my blog. See address in my sig.

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I got my AAO with a v1.0.7 linpus, but I wiped it to install WinXP and did the mercondo thing from this forum to daul boot winXP and Linpus, but now I have the sudo issue. I did all the updates, but nothing happens.

Is there any way to get from the version I have to v1.0.7 or higher? Can I download some scripts from http://update.linpus.com/ACER/AspireOne/ to get rid of this sudo issue?

Thanks a lot!

 

Download a zip file that contains 3 files and then unzip it. It contains:

sudo, sudo_noexec.la and sudo_noexec.so from Acer's v1.0.7

Backup your old files, just in case:

Code:

sudo cp /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/sudo.backup
sudo cp /usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.la /usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.la.backup
sudo cp /usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.so /usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.so.backup

Copy the unzipped files to the respective directories as follows:

Code:

sudo cp sudo /usr/bin/sudo
sudo cp sudo_noexec.la /usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.la
sudo cp sudo_noexec.so /usr/libexec/sudo_noexec.so

You should now have a system that doesn't throw up that error everytime you run sudo.

Cheers.

 

Thanks rbil! I couldn't find the zip on your site, but this solves it.

But anyway I'm interested if I can get to a higher version using these scripts.

 

A higher version of what? What scripts are you talking about?

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On the update server there are .sh files for all versions of Linpus and I was wondering what would happen if I download a script from a directory with a higher number (v 1.0.9 for example) and run it on my AAO. Or are the scripts in the directory v 1.0.9 the same as the scripts in v 1.0.3, only v 1.0.3 needs more scripts? It was just a thought.

 

Frankly, I have no idea what Acer is doing with those scripts and what impact there would be if you ran one not meant for the version of Acer Linpus that you are running? I wouldn't think that running those scripts would actually update the version you have there. Without actually studying each script and comparing, I certainly wouldn't know what they are doing. Let's just hope Acer knows what they're doing with them. What a STRANGE way to provide an operating system. Only the "minds" at Acer could come up with this convoluted mess.

Cheers.