Debian bug report logs - #1162 sudo: syslog and hostname problems Package: sudo ; Reported by: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de; 96 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From server.et-inf.fho-emden.de!tobias Thu Jul 27 13:57:34 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sbZzp-0005mpC; Thu, 27 Jul 95 13:57 PDT Received: from server.et-inf.fho-emden.de by pixar.com with SMTP id AA01964 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 27 Jul 1995 13:56:42 -0700 Received: by server.et-inf.fho-emden.de (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA14053; Thu, 27 Jul 1995 22:50:31 +0200 Message-Id: <9507272050.AA14053@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de> Subject: sudo: syslog and hostname problems To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 22:50:30 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Peter Tobias" Reply-To: tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Length: 646 Package: sudo Version: 1.3.1pl4-1 - sudo reports warnings and normal log messages using the LOCAL2 syslog facility. IMHO it should use the AUTH facility or it should use a log file (/var/log/sudo.log). - sudo only works if you use short hostnames in the /etc/sudoers file (I'm using a short hostname for my local PC). IMHO it should be possible to use either long or short hostnames. Peter -- Peter Tobias EMail: Fachhochschule Ostfriesland tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatik tobias@perseus.fho-emden.de Constantiaplatz 4, 26723 Emden, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1162 ; Package sudo . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov