Corey Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While I was editing my /etc/sudoers file using the visudo command, > my computer lost power. When I was able to restore power, everything > seemed to be functioning alright. Except, I tried to run the visudo > command, and got the following error: > > visudo: sudoers file busy, try again later. > > I tried removing the file, then renaming a backup copy to > /etc/sudoers, and it still gave the same error. Then I tried removing and > reinstalling the package, only to get the same error. If it makes a diff, > I'm running hamm. Thanks for any help you can provide,
visudo copies the sudoers file to /etc/stmp before working on it. You can fix you problem by doing "rm /etc/stmp". Incidentally, you might have been able to diagnose this problem by running 'strace visudo' and then looking at the last few lines before visudo prints the error message it gives you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
