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[Bug 25700] Re: sudo does not read /etc/environment on interactive logins (directly, not through pam_env)

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Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 04:19:32 -0000
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Title:
  sudo does not read /etc/environment on interactive logins (directly,
  not through pam_env)

Status in sudo:
  Unknown
Status in sudo package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  sudo (and su) do not work with pam_env.  
    
  Adding a line like:  
  auth    required        pam_env.so  
  to /etc/pam.d/sudo should put the environment variables from /etc/environment into the environment of an 
  interactive session created by "sudo -i" or "su -". 
   
  This is especially bad because /etc/environment is the place where Ubuntu defines the charset (with LANG) and 
  not setting LANG to xx_XX.UTF8 causes the shell (bash) to misbehave on umlauts for example: I cannot type  
  them on the command line and they're displayed wrong with "ls" and other tools.

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