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# 1  
Old 12-23-2013
Can't sudo ??
Hi,

I am on Solaris 10, I do see the /etc/sudoers file with lot of data inside the file. But when I do sudo. I get this error message. Any idea? Thanks

Code:
 
bash-3.00# sudo
bash: /usr/local/bin/sudo: Invalid argument
bash-3.00# which sudo
/usr/local/bin/sudo
bash-3.00# sudo su - root
bash: /usr/local/bin/sudo: Invalid argument

Also, I was not able to find the package for sudo. not sure if this separate package or not.

Code:
 
bash-3.00# man sudo
No manual entry for sudo.
bash-3.00# pkginfo |grep -i sudo
bash-3.00#

# 2  
Old 12-23-2013
Unfortunately, you seem not to have the man available, at least not in the default man path.

From man sudo:
Quote:
NAME
sudo, sudoedit — execute a command as another user
sudo needs a command to execute or at least the one or other option to be happy and run without an error msg.
# 3  
Old 12-23-2013
I'm not so sure. That seems like an odd error message. sudo alone should print a usage message. I've seen such weird things happen with improper binaries and a quick google search says Solaris 10 gives this message if you're running x86 code on SPARC or visa versa.

Post the output of: file /usr/local/bin/sudo and uname -a

But you'll likely want to reinstall sudo..
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# 4  
Old 12-24-2013
I have seen this when something in the sudoers file is incorrect. Typically it happens when visudo is not used (so there's no checking when the file is written).

If you have permission, you might want to back up the sudoers file and then create one with the bare minimum to check.
# 5  
Old 12-26-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by neutronscott
I'm not so sure. That seems like an odd error message. sudo alone should print a usage message. I've seen such weird things happen with improper binaries and a quick google search says Solaris 10 gives this message if you're running x86 code on SPARC or visa versa.

Post the output of: file /usr/local/bin/sudo and uname -a

But you'll likely want to reinstall sudo..
Thanks. I found on this server AMD version of SUDO was installed. But it's Sparc server. Now I am trying to remove it. I can delete the file but I don't see that on the pkg_info list.

Any idea?
# 6  
Old 12-26-2013
Code:
grep -w sudo /var/sadm/install/contents

shows the package name.
If /usr/local/bin/sudo is not listed then it does not belong to a package.
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