[Bug 1223297] Re: sudo init script should set date to epoch, not 1985-01-01

[Alberto Salvia Novella]

** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed

** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  sudo init script should set date to epoch, not 1985-01-01

Status in “sudo” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “sudo” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Sudo treats filestamps set to epoch as invalid, so the init script
  should set the contents of /var/lib/sudo to epoch, and not 19850101.

  ie:

  find /var/lib/sudo -exec touch -d @0 '{}' \;

  instead of:

  find /var/lib/sudo -exec touch -t 198501010000 '{}' \;

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: sudo 1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-4.9-generic 3.11.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-4-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Sep 10 07:25:04 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-13 (300 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: sudo
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-08-19 (21 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.sudoers: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/sudoers']
  modified.conffile..etc.sudoers.d.README: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/sudoers.d/README']

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