Bug 2216787 - Less fails to read pipe from sudo if sudo prompts for a password
Summary: Less fails to read pipe from sudo if sudo prompts for a password
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: less
Version: 38
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Matej Mužila
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-06-22 14:50 UTC by spamulousbastard+redhat
Modified: 2023-06-24 01:08 UTC (History)
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Description spamulousbastard+redhat 2023-06-22 14:50:08 UTC 
See upstream issue https://github.com/gwsw/less/issues/368

This is fixed in less 635. http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.635.html

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.sudo -k
2.sudo ls | less
Actual Results:  
Password prompt is shown, but correctly-entered password is not accepted.

Expected Results:  
Password is accepted.
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