--- sudo-1.6.7p2/tgetpass.c.orig	2002-12-13 21:20:34 +0300

+++ sudo-1.6.7p2/tgetpass.c	2003-04-09 16:12:49 +0400

@@ -147,11 +147,14 @@ tgetpass(prompt, timeout, flags)

     char *pass;

 restart:

-    /* Open /dev/tty for reading/writing if possible else use stdin/stderr. */

-    if ((flags & TGP_STDIN) ||

-	(input = output = open(_PATH_TTY, O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY)) == -1) {

+    /* Open /dev/tty for reading/writing unless requested to use stdin/stderr. */

+    if (flags & TGP_STDIN) {

 	input = STDIN_FILENO;

 	output = STDERR_FILENO;

+    } else if ((input = output = open(_PATH_TTY, O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY)) == -1) {

+	log_error(NO_EXIT|NO_MAIL, "must be run from a terminal");

+	buf[0] = '\0';

+	return buf;

     }

     /*