sudo broken

Asked by lammergeir

Here is the output. Can't fix even with psychocats info.
terry@lammergeir:~$ sudo
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 0 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 1 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 2 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 3 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 4 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 5 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 6 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 7 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 8 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 9 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 10 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 11 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 12 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 13 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 14 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 15 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 16 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 17 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 18 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 19 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 20 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 21 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 22 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 23 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 24 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 25 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 26 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 27 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 28 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 29 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 30 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 31 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 32 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 33 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 34 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 35 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 36 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 37 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 38 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 39 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 40 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 41 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 42 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 43 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 44 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 45 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 46 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 47 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 48 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 49 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 50 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 51 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 52 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 53 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 54 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 55 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 56 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 57 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 58 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 59 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 60 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 61 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 62 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 63 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 64 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 65 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 66 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 67 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 68 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 69 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 70 <<<
sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 0

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
#1

Hi,
syntax error can hapen if you manual edit this file with gedit instead vi or visudo.
A default sudoers is included here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers

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lammergeir (aroma) said :
#2

Thanks for the response Sam, I'm not very clued up with coding.
Printed the above pages, not sure how to get to the stage of re-entering the default file.
Re-boot to recovery, go to root shell then?
Grateful for help.

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Best Sam_ (and-sam) said :
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lammergeir (aroma) said :
#4

Hi Sam,
Fixed!! Many thanks. The really strange is that I managed to save the /etc/group file into /etc/sudoers file. And so was very confused. Tonight I opened /etc/sudoers.tmp, with your suggested command, deleted all the text and re-typed the sudoers file txt. And lo, it worked. I'm very grateful. Always good to learn new stuff, even at the age of 60!.
Thanks again,
Terry

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Sam_ (and-sam) said :
#5

Congratulations, enjoy Ubuntu.