[juneau-lug] Re: How to repair sudo?
- From: Henrik Hudson <rhavenn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 12:12:08 -0800
Use visudo to edit the file and see if it complains of a syntax
error or other error.
If the syntax is correct, then double check your groups and make sure the
right people are in the right groups.
The sudoers file can / should be 644. There is very little reason for it
not to be readable by everybody. So, not sure why you can't read it
as non-root user. That might be the problem actually. sudo can't
check to see what permissions you have.
Hmm..seems Ubuntu might like it 440. Check /var/log/messages or do a
grep in /var/log/* for sudo and see if anything is complaining:
ie: grep 'sudo' /var/log/*
Sorry, I run FreeBSD only, so can't help with exactly what Kubuntu
wants / likes, but /var/log/ or visudo should help.
henrik
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On Tue, 07 Apr 2015, Nels Tomlinson wrote:
> Somehow I messed up sudo on a new computer preloaded with Kubuntu 14.04.
> It was a few weeks ago, and I didn't keep any notes on what I did, but I
> was trying to add my daughter's account to the sudoers list, and somehow no
> accounts are on the sudoers list any more.
> Both accounts are in the adm and sudo groups. I have tried following the
> instructions at
> https://sites.google.com/site/installationubuntu/security/fix-sudo-ers-file
> but my sudoers file looks like the one there.
>
> I would attach the sudoers file, but I don't have access to it unless I
> boot to single user mode.
>
> I have the lines
> root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>
> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
> exactly as they appear in the link I mentioned above.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on what to try next?
>
> Does anyone have a default sudoers file from kubuntu 14.04? Copying that
> into place might be sufficient to fix the problem.
>
> Nels Tomlinson
> (907) 500-4802
>
>
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