sudo corrupted
Binary package hint: sudo
my assintant when modifing the sudo for a lan program inserted two lines in the sudo file, but he inserted it wrong, now i can't login sudo by using "sudo su" or "sudo su root", it says:
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 25 <<<
>>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 26 <<<
sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 25
and there is the problem, how to modify the sudo file the way it was?
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- Ubuntu sudo Edit question
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- Last query:
- 2009-09-21
- Last reply:
- 2009-09-21
This question was originally filed as bug #434216.
| Lars Ljung (larslj) said : | #1 |
Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https:/
| Lars Ljung (larslj) said : | #2 |
You have to boot into recovery mode to edit the file again. Use the command "visudo" to edit the file.
Sounds like you have been messing with the /etc/sudoers
here is my untouched one (why do people mess with this thing): http://
Boot to recovery root console (ESC when grub loads, select recovery mode then select root). You can now run:
nano /etc/sudoers
Make your file look like mine (make sure you press enter no the end of the line). Press CTRL+X, press Y, press enter to exit and save the file.
Then reboot.
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