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Offline code

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Update sudo version?
« on: October 13, 2017, 07:08:20 AM »
I'm wondering why sudo -i doesn't start a shell as root.

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$ wget http://tinycorelinux.net/8.x/x86_64/release/CorePure64-8.2.iso
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom CorePure64-8.2.iso -m 512

# press enter for no boot codes
$ id

uid=1001(tc) gid=50(staff) groups=50(staff)
$ sudo -i
$ id
uid=1001(tc) gid=50(staff) groups=50(staff)
$

It seems the sudo version is old.

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$ sudo -V
Sudo version 1.7.8p1

Offline gerald_clark

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2017, 08:26:14 AM »
It is busybox.
Try sudo sh

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2017, 10:48:50 AM »
It doesn't appear to be busybox.

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$ ls -la `which sudo`
---s-wx--x    1 root    root    154544 Sep 21 16:12 /usr/bin/sudo

Offline Rich

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2017, 10:54:34 AM »
Hi code
No, it does not appear to be from busybox.

To start a root shell in your current directory:
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sudo sh
To start a root shell in the superusers directory (/root/):
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sudo su

Offline andyj

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2017, 03:36:10 PM »
Just out of curiosity, why are the permissions on sudo 4131? And why does it seem like the rest of the executables in /usr/bin are randomly either 775 or 755 instead of all one or the other?

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2017, 07:13:34 AM »
Both sudo su and sudo sh do the same thing for me and neither of them bring me to /root/

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2017, 07:53:45 AM »
Hi code
This is what I get:
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tc@box:~$ sudo sh                  --- Become root in current directory
root@box:/home/tc# exit            --- Exit back to user tc
tc@box:~$ sudo su                  --- Become root in /root/ directory
root@box:~# ls -a                  --- Display contents of current directory
.  ..  .Xdefaults  .ash_history  .cache  .config  .local  .profile
root@box:~# ls -a /root            --- Display contents of /root/ directory
.  ..  .Xdefaults  .ash_history  .cache  .config  .local  .profile
root@box:~# exit                   --- Exit back to user tc
tc@box:~$

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2017, 07:55:57 AM »
If I boot from the CorePure64-8.2.iso I stay in /home/tc with both commands.

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2017, 08:08:16 AM »
Hi code
Is this only under  Qemu  or does this also happen if you boot it on bare metal?

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2017, 09:36:07 AM »
Try to add - to the command.

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sudo su -

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2017, 08:47:15 AM »
It is using QEMU. I have not tried on bare metal.

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2017, 08:57:15 AM »
Is updating the sudo version possible?

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Re: Update sudo version?
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2017, 11:56:54 PM »
The latest versions of sudo are much bigger.

It would probably make mores sense to look at why the existing version doesn't do what you want - perhaps a compile switch is required?