I know this bug is from 2001, but it's still an issue. I am a big fan of putting software in /opt/foo and have adapted my PATH variables to reference it, but cannot access it, even though all of sudo would suggest it does:
i.ga...@panic ~ % sudo sudo -V [snip] Environment variables to preserve: XAUTHORIZATION XAUTHORITY TZ PS2 PS1 PATH MAIL LS_COLORS KRB5CCNAME HOSTNAME HOME DISPLAY COLORS [/snip] i.ga...@panic ~ % echo 'echo $PATH' | sudo zsh /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bw/bin:/opt/bw/sbin i.ga...@panic ~ % Of course this is caused by the --secure-path configure option, which hard-resets the path, before actually searching for the binary to execute. My suggestion is to follow Fedora's example here and drop the option all-together, and instead configure a sane/secure path in /etc/sudoers: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517428 So long, -- Igor Galić Tel: +43 (0) 699 122 96 338 Fax: +43 (0) 1 90 89 226 Mail: i.ga...@brainsware.org URL: http://brainsware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org