"sudo" will normally report an error message about the binary or the configuration file having the wrong permissions if that is the issue. It will also report a different error message if the user is not allowed to execute the requested command.
"sudo" throws away its root user status when it reads from files (and relies upon root group membership to do the disk I/O -- it actually does the request as the daemon user :). So, something is probably wrong that means the "sudo" program can't read /etc/sudoers once its thrown away its root *user* privs... I would check the file permissions on / and on /etc using the command "ls -lad / /etc" and make sure there aren't any ACLs or extended attributes in the way... Post back if you don't work it out from there... -- sudo with tar crashes /etc/sudoers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72552 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
