[sudo 0005277]: Sudo package does not work in Solaris 9 branded zone. Gives sudo: policy plugin failed session initialization error on use

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The following issue has been ASSIGNED. 
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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5277 
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Reported By:                thudson
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    sudo
Issue ID:                   5277
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2016-05-11 21:12 CEST
Last Modified:              2016-06-30 15:36 CEST
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Summary:                    Sudo package does not work in Solaris 9 branded
zone. Gives sudo: policy plugin failed session initialization error on use
Description: 
When attempting to execute sudo installed within a Solaris 9 branded zone
as root or a standard user on the system, the following message is
displayed: sudo: policy plugin failed session initialization

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 (0011147) thudson (reporter) - 2016-05-11 23:20
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5277#c11147 
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Workaround for this package is to add  the following to the sudoers file:  
"Defaults !pam_session" this has allowed me to run sudo on my Solaris 9
branded zone.