[Bug 2127080] Re: [SRU] sudo-rs does not accept escaped characters in command-line arguments
Ravi Kant Sharma
2127080 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Oct 8 14:57:21 UTC 2025
** Summary changed:
- sudo-rs does not accept escaped characters in command-line arguments
+ [SRU] sudo-rs does not accept escaped characters in command-line arguments
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Title:
[SRU] sudo-rs does not accept escaped characters in command-line
arguments
Status in rust-sudo-rs package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
In rust-sudo-rs 0.2.8-1ubuntu4 a fix was introduced that allowed for
'=' to be used in commands as such:
Cmd_Alias FOO_CMD = /bin/foo --bar=1
However, this fix also made the escaped equivalence generate an
"illegal escape sequence error":
Cmd_Alias BAR_CMD = /bin/foo --bar\=1
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Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a file called "test" with the following content:
Cmd_Alias FOO_CMD = /bin/foo --bar=1
Cmd_Alias BAR_CMD = /bin/foo --bar\=1
2. Run visudo on the file:
$ visudo -c -f test
3. An error is given:
test:2:36: syntax error: illegal escape sequence
Cmd_Alias BAR_CMD = /bin/foo --bar\=1
^
visudo: invalid sudoers file
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What I expect to happen:
The sudoers file is parsed correctly without an error.
Release: Ubunutu 25.10
sudo-rs version: 0.2.8-1ubuntu5
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