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From: Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Change in sudoers format?
Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 11:56:56
Message-Id: 11997908.O9o76ZdvQC@lenovo.localdomain
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Change in sudoers format? by Walter Dnes
1 On Thursday, 26 May 2022 21:54:50 BST Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > I just ran an update and noticed that etc-update wants to change the
3 > layout of /etc/sudoers, specifically...
4 >
5 > ######################################################################
6 >
7 > ##
8 > ## User privilege specification
9 > ##
10 > -root ALL=(ALL) ALL
11 > +root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
12 [snip ...]
13
14 > ...and similar changes for /etc/sudoers.dist. What is this about, and
15 > should I go ahead?
16
17 I can't recall how long ago the syntax changed to this format. I'm currently
18 running 'app-admin/sudo1.9.10-r1' and it works as it should using the new
19 syntax. Therefore I would think you can go ahead with accepting this change.

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