Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:28:30AM +0100, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
[sudo/ PATH]
>> Also, the Debian default configuration
>> contains a
>>
>> Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
>>
>> which means the user PATH won't be passed on unless someone explicitly
>> choses to enable it.
>
> So defining this secure_path means it's the PATH to be used for sudo?
> and if it's not defined it defaults to PATH? Is it the same for su?
According to the su man page,
The value of $PATH is reset to /bin:/usr/bin for normal users,
or /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin for the superuser. This may be
changed with the ENV_PATH and ENV_SUPATH definitions in
/etc/login.defs.
> And where is this defined?
/etc/sudoers