[Spacewalk-list] sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

[Steve Meier]

Dear all,

I am currently in the process of setting up a new Spacewalk 1.7 with
Postgres backend
on CentOS 5.8. I have done the installation and Spacewalk is running but I
can not modify
the configuration in the Web-GUI. I see the following error in
/var/log/secure:

Oct 15 10:29:57 syscon004 sudo:   tomcat : no tty present and no askpass
program specified ; TTY=unknown ; PWD=/usr/share/tomcat5 ; USER=root ;
COMMAND=/usr/bin/rhn-config-satellite.pl --target=/etc/rhn/rhn.conf
--option=server.satellite.http_proxy_username=
--option=server.satellite.http_proxy=proxy.us-ec.adtech.com:3128
--option=server.satellite.http_proxy_password= 2>&1 > /dev/null

My /etc/sudoers looks like this:

# cat /etc/sudoers
## Sudoers allows particular users to run various commands as
## the root user, without needing the root password.
##
## Examples are provided at the bottom of the file for collections
## of related commands, which can then be delegated out to particular
## users or groups.
##
## This file must be edited with the 'visudo' command.

## Host Aliases
## Groups of machines. You may prefer to use hostnames (perhap using
## wildcards for entire domains) or IP addresses instead.
# Host_Alias     FILESERVERS = fs1, fs2
# Host_Alias     MAILSERVERS = smtp, smtp2

## User Aliases
## These aren't often necessary, as you can use regular groups
## (ie, from files, LDAP, NIS, etc) in this file - just use %groupname
## rather than USERALIAS
# User_Alias ADMINS = jsmith, mikem


## Command Aliases
## These are groups of related commands...

## Networking
#Cmnd_Alias NETWORKING = /sbin/route, /sbin/ifconfig, /bin/ping,
/sbin/dhclient, /usr/bin/net, /sbin/iptables, /usr/bin/rfcomm,
/usr/bin/wvdial, /sbin/iwconfig, /sbin/mii-tool

## Installation and management of software
#Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE = /bin/rpm, /usr/bin/up2date, /usr/bin/yum

## Services
#Cmnd_Alias SERVICES = /sbin/service, /sbin/chkconfig

## Updating the locate database
#Cmnd_Alias LOCATE = /usr/bin/updatedb

## Storage
#Cmnd_Alias STORAGE = /sbin/fdisk, /sbin/sfdisk, /sbin/parted,
/sbin/partprobe, /bin/mount, /bin/umount

## Delegating permissions
#Cmnd_Alias DELEGATING = /usr/sbin/visudo, /bin/chown, /bin/chmod, /bin/chgrp

## Processes
#Cmnd_Alias PROCESSES = /bin/nice, /bin/kill, /usr/bin/kill, /usr/bin/killall

## Drivers
#Cmnd_Alias DRIVERS = /sbin/modprobe

# Defaults specification

#
# Disable "ssh hostname sudo <cmd>", because it will show the password in
clear.
#         You have to run "ssh -t hostname sudo <cmd>".
#
Defaults    requiretty

#
# Refuse to run if unable to disable echo on the tty. This setting should
also be
# changed in order to be able to use sudo without a tty. See requiretty
above.
#
Defaults   !visiblepw

Defaults    env_reset
Defaults    env_keep = "COLORS DISPLAY HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC KDEDIR \
                        LS_COLORS MAIL PS1 PS2 QTDIR USERNAME \
                        LANG LC_ADDRESS LC_CTYPE LC_COLLATE
LC_IDENTIFICATION \
                        LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_NAME
LC_NUMERIC \
                        LC_PAPER LC_TELEPHONE LC_TIME LC_ALL LANGUAGE
LINGUAS \
                        _XKB_CHARSET XAUTHORITY"

## Next comes the main part: which users can run what software on
## which machines (the sudoers file can be shared between multiple
## systems).
## Syntax:
##
## 	user	MACHINE=COMMANDS
##
## The COMMANDS section may have other options added to it.
##
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
root	ALL=(ALL) 	ALL

## Allows members of the 'sys' group to run networking, software,
## service management apps and more.
# %sys ALL = NETWORKING, SOFTWARE, SERVICES, STORAGE, DELEGATING,
PROCESSES, LOCATE, DRIVERS

## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel	ALL=(ALL)	ALL

## Same thing without a password
# %wheel	ALL=(ALL)	NOPASSWD: ALL

## Allows members of the users group to mount and unmount the
## cdrom as root
# %users  ALL=/sbin/mount /mnt/cdrom, /sbin/umount /mnt/cdrom

## Allows members of the users group to shutdown this system
# %users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now


## RHN specifics ##
Cmnd_Alias CONFIG_RHN = /usr/sbin/rhn-sat-restart-silent,\
                        /usr/bin/rhn-config-satellite.pl,\
                        /usr/bin/rhn-satellite-activate,\
                        /usr/bin/rhn-bootstrap,\
                        /usr/bin/rhn-ssl-tool,\
                        /etc/rc.d/np.d/step Monitoring install,\
                        /etc/rc.d/np.d/step MonitoringScout install,\
                        /etc/rc.d/np.d/step Monitoring uninstall,\
                        /etc/rc.d/np.d/step MonitoringScout uninstall,\
                        /sbin/service Monitoring restart,\
                        /sbin/service MonitoringScout restart,\
                        /sbin/service taskomatic restart

# The CONFIG_RHN commands are required for reconfiguration of a
# running RHN Satellite.  They should be enabled for proper operation
# of the RHN Satellite.
apache  ALL=(root)      NOPASSWD: CONFIG_RHN
tomcat  ALL=(root)      NOPASSWD: CONFIG_RHN

# These two directives allow tomcat and apache to invoke CONFIG_RHN
# commands via sudo even without a real tty
Defaults:tomcat !requiretty
Defaults:apache !requiretty

I have tried Google but wasn't able to find any good pointers. Any help is
appreciated.

Kind regards,
  Steve