[Bug 449247] Re: Asterisk wildcard handling in sudoers doesn't match man page

[jhansonxi]

Likely fixed via bug #228046.

** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Asterisk wildcard handling in sudoers doesn't match man page

Status in “sudo” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: sudo

  Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64

  If I enter the following into sudoers with visudo:
  backuppc ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync --help

  The command "sudo rsync --help" returns the normal help listing.  If I change sudoers to this:
  backuppc ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rsync --help *

  The command fails by asking for a password and then telling me the
  backuppc account is not allowed to execute the issued command.  It
  succeeds if I add anything after the "--help".  The man page for
  sudoers indicates that an asterisk matches "any set of zero or more
  characters".  I tried ".*" but regular expressions are not supported
  and this is interpreted as a requirement for leading period at the
  beginning of the subsequent parameter.

  Possibly related to bug #228046.

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