Bug 396767

Summary:	kdesu doesn't work when "use_pty" sudo option is enabled
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kdesu	Reporter:	Ardith Metz <itgvkxsd>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452532
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdesu/-/commit/70ce587226206cd43122e51ec1220a503e267436	Version Fixed In:	5.109

Description Ardith Metz 2018-07-22 20:56:17 UTC

"use_pty" is sudo option which enhance its security[0] and is supposed to be enabled in future sudo release[1].

You can enable it by adding below toy sudoers config:
Defaults use_pty

[0] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/12/2
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/12/4

Unfortunately after enabling it kdesu stops working. There is following message in comsole:
$ QT_LOGGING_RULES= kdesu -d -c echo

[ /build/kdesu/src/kdesu-5.48.0/src/stubprocess.cpp : 219 ]  Unknown request: "ok"

Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2023-01-19 00:19:08 UTC

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If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!

Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2023-02-03 05:01:29 UTC

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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2023-02-18 03:47:31 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
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Comment 4 Ardith Metz 2023-08-12 20:21:31 UTC

This issue was re-reported as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452532 and finally fixed by https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdesu/-/merge_requests/30