> On May 16, 2014, at 4:23, Tamas Papp <tom...@martos.bme.hu> wrote: > > >> On 05/16/2014 09:19 AM, Andrea Corbellini wrote: >> Actually, you are supposed to create a new file in /etc/sudoers.d for >> custom rules. You shouldn't edit /etc/sudoers directly; this will >> ensure that package upgrades can happen without asking you any >> question about the changes you made to that file. > > If you edit sudoers via visudo there is a syntax checking. > If you do something wrong in /etc/sudoers.d/a, there is no syntax > checking and the your user gets locked out: > > $ sudo -i >>>> /etc/sudoers.d/a: syntax error near line 1 <<< > sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers.d/a near line 1 > sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting > sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
Ugh? Then use visudo to change sudoers so you learn the proper syntax and copy/paste to /etc/sudoers.d/a. After doing one file you should be able to remember the syntax ... -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
