environment, as described by the "env_reset" flag in the sudoers file.
This implies that all environment variables are removed, except for
-HOME, LOGNAME, PATH, SHELL, TERM, DISPLAY, XAUTHORITY, XAUTHORIZATION,
-XAPPLRESDIR, XFILESEARCHPATH, XUSERFILESEARCHPATH, LANG, LANGUAGE, LC_*,
-and USER.
+LOGNAME, PATH, SHELL, TERM, DISPLAY, XAUTHORITY, XAUTHORIZATION, XAPPLRESDIR,
+XFILESEARCHPATH, XUSERFILESEARCHPATH, LANG, LANGUAGE, LC_*, and USER.
In case you want sudo to preserve more environment variables, you must
specify the env_keep variable in the sudoers file. You should edit the
Defaults env_keep+="LC_*"
+ - - - - -
+
+If you're using the sudo-ldap package, note that it is now configured to
+look for /etc/sudo-ldap.conf. Depending on your system configuration, it
+probably makes sense for this to be a symlink to /etc/ldap.conf, or perhaps
+to /etc/libnss-ldap.conf or /etc/pam_ldap.conf. By default, no symlink or
+file is provided, you'll need to decide what to do and create a suitable
+file before sudo-ldap will work.
+
+ - - - - -
+
+As of version 1.7, sudo-ldap now requires the LDAP source to be specified
+in /etc/nsswitch.conf with a line like:
+
+ sudoers: ldap
+
+ - - - - -
+
See the file OPTIONS in this directory for more information on the sudo
build options used in building the Debian package.
+ - - - - -
+
If you're having trouble grasping the fundamental idea of what sudo is all
about, here's a succinct and humorous take on it...