Originally posted by: Edward Davignon

sudo --login does not set the LOGIN envirnmont variable on AIX like the login process does.

 

$ rpm -q sudo

sudo-1.8.21p2-1.ppc

$ sudo --login env | grep '^LOG'

LOGNAME=root

$ sudo su - -c env | grep '^LOG'

LOGIN=root

LOGNAME=root

$ su - -c env | grep '^LOG'

root's Password:

LOGIN=root

LOGNAME=root
$ sudo --help | grep -e --login

  -i, --login                   run login shell as the target user; a command may also be specified

$ man login | grep -p 'LOGIN .* environment variables'

       When a user logs in successfully, the login command makes entries in the /etc/utmp file that

       tracks current user logins and the /var/adm/wtmp file that is used for accounting purposes. The

       login command also sets the LOGIN and LOGNAME environment variables.

$ oslevel -s

7200-02-02-1832

$ oslevel -sg $(oslevel -s)

Fileset                                 Actual Level       Service Pack Level

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

devices.vdevice.IBM.vfc-client.rte      7.2.2.16           7.2.2.15

rsct.core.rmc                           3.2.3.2            3.2.3.1

rsct.core.utils                         3.2.3.2            3.2.3.1

rsct.opt.storagerm                      3.2.3.2            3.2.3.1

$

 

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Originally posted by: AyappanP

AIX Toolbox Sudo being a Opensource tool can't be expected to do the same as AIX native "su" tool. This is not an issue.

 

 

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Originally posted by: Edward Davignon

This would probably be better handled upstream.

I opened Bug 848 - -i / --login on AIX does not initialize LOGIN environment variable like su -

https://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=848

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