sudo env variables

From: Abanowicz Tomasz (abanowicztomek_at_wp.pl)
Date: 09/20/05 

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:07:13 GMT

Hi
I think my sodo works incorrectly.
My /etc/sodoers file looks like:

Defaults env_reset
Defaults:%users env_keep=DISPLAY
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
myuser myhost = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/xterm

myuser belongs to users group.
When I start the xterm:

myuser $ sudo xterm

It launches the xterm as root but many environment variables are still
for myuser user:

# pwd
/home/myuser
# echo $HOME
/home/myuser

I expect DISPLAY variable to be preserved from myuser.

What's wrong with my sudo ?
thanx
-at

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