diff -Naur sudo-1.8.5p2/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.in sudo-1.8.5p2-magellan/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.in
--- sudo-1.8.5p2/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.in	2012-06-09 15:14:31.539982796 +0200
+++ sudo-1.8.5p2-magellan/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.in	2012-06-09 15:18:01.928982798 +0200
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@
 # Defaults!/usr/local/bin/sudoreplay !log_output
 # Defaults!/sbin/reboot !log_output
 
+# keep a sane environment for Magellan-Linux
+Defaults env_reset
+Defaults env_keep =  "COLORS DISPLAY HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC LS_COLORS"
+Defaults env_keep += "MAIL PS1 PS2 QTDIR USERNAME LANG LC_ADDRESS LC_CTYPE"
+Defaults env_keep += "LC_COLLATE LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES"
+Defaults env_keep += "LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER LC_TELEPHONE"
+Defaults env_keep += "LC_TIME LC_ALL LANGUAGE LINGUAS _XKB_CHARSET XAUTHORITY"
+Defaults env_keep += "QTDIR KDEDIR CONFIG_PROTECT CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK CONFIG_PROTECT_IGNORE"
+Defaults secure_path = /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
 ##
 ## Runas alias specification
 ##