On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 08:19:24 -0600 SternData <subscribed-li...@sterndata.com> wrote:
> On 02/09/2016 07:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a strange issue: my machine was updated via cron last noght. I > > rebooted this morning and several attempts, including rebooting into the > > older kernel do not seem to work in granting me sudo access. > > > > ~$ sudo dnf update > > [sudo] password for maitra: > > maitra is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > > > > The password is correct because otherwise I would get the notificaiton that > > it is not so so that is not the issue. > > > > Short of reinstalling, how do I get around this? Note that I do not have > > root account, so I am not sure about what to do. > > > > Many thanks and best wishes, > > Ranjan > > > > The error explains it: > > maitra is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. It does? > run visudo > > is "wheel" enabled for sudo and is maitra in the wheel group? But I seem to have lost sudo privileges after the update. How do I run visudo without being a superuser? I do not appear to have access to /etc/sudoers as a result. Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
