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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0005740CentOS-6sudopublic2012-05-22 14:292013-10-18 01:07
Reporterdjschaap Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Platformx86 
Product Version6.2 
Summary0005740: Suspend/resume of "sudo vi" broken in sudo-1.7.4p5-9
DescriptionAfter updating to sudo-1.7.4p5-9, suspend/resume doesn't work. Reverting to sudo-1.7.4p5-7 corrects the issue.
Steps To Reproduce1) type sudo vi
2) type password (if required)
3) hit control-Z
4) type fg - note that screen fails to redraw)
5) hit Enter twice - note that vi is not responding properly
6) hit control-Z - terminal seems stuck; must disconnect from terminal session to recover
(Steps 5 & 6 aren't critical - I've tried doing other things here but no success.)

Additional InformationThis issue is seen with upstream OS as well -- sudo-1.7.4p5-7.el6.x86_64 is OK but sudo-1.7.4p5-9.el6_2.x86_64 is broken.
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djschaap

djschaap

2012-05-22 14:32

reporter   ~0015118

sudo release notes suggest a fix went into 1.8.1.

"The fix for resuming a suspended shell in 1.7.5 caused problems with resuming non-shells on Linux. Sudo will now save the process group ID of the program it is running on suspend and restore it when resuming, which fixes both problems."

http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/stable.html#1.8.1
JohnnyHughes

JohnnyHughes

2012-05-23 14:32

administrator   ~0015138

this is now filed as an upstream bug:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823993
gcc

gcc

2013-10-17 21:50

reporter   ~0018190

Although I can't read the upstream bug report, it's possible to install the latest Sudo RPM from www.sudo.ws, e.g. sudo-1.7.10-8.el6.i386.rpm from http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/download.html#binary, and that fixed the problem for me.

I'd like to give this a higher priority, as vim is a common and much-used config file editor, sudo is a common and much-used way to give it root access, and suspending vim is a common and much-used action. I usually get bitten by this about once a week, whenever I'm on a centos box instead of Debian/Ubuntu, which doesn't seem to have the problem.
toracat

toracat

2013-10-17 23:09

manager   ~0018191

According to http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-1142.html , this bug was fixed in sudo-1.7.4p5-13.el6_3 .
djschaap

djschaap

2013-10-18 01:03

reporter   ~0018192

I can confirm the upstream fix has propagated to CentOS (happened quite a while ago). This bug can be closed.
toracat

toracat

2013-10-18 01:07

manager   ~0018193

Thanks for the confirmation. Now closing as 'resolved'.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2012-05-22 14:29 djschaap New Issue
2012-05-22 14:32 djschaap Note Added: 0015118
2012-05-23 14:32 JohnnyHughes Note Added: 0015138
2013-10-17 21:50 gcc Note Added: 0018190
2013-10-17 23:09 toracat Note Added: 0018191
2013-10-18 01:03 djschaap Note Added: 0018192
2013-10-18 01:07 toracat Note Added: 0018193
2013-10-18 01:07 toracat Status new => resolved
2013-10-18 01:07 toracat Resolution open => fixed