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Old 01-25-2013
Error in Sudo
Hi,
I have installed sudo on Solaris 10 (sparc). When I try to add a user I get the following:
Code:
-bash-3.00$ sudo addusr scarlet sudo
sudo: /usr/local/etc/sudoers.d is owned by uid 2, should be 0
Password:

I entered a password, thinking it was for the sudo user but it failed. Then I entered the used the root password and that failed also. I su to root and I got the following:
Code:
root# sudo addusr scarlet sudo
sudo: not found

Can someone help me please?

Thank you.
Scarlet
Last edited by Scott; 01-27-2013 at 01:34 AM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 01-25-2013
When sudo asks you for a password, it generally asks you for your own password, not somebody else's. Sudo uses it's configuration file to decide who's permitted to do what, and the users only need to prove they are themselves (not some random guy who saw an open terminal and sat down at your computer).
# 3  
Old 01-25-2013
Look at the man pagess of visudo, and sudo for the correct usage...

Quote:
sudo: /usr/local/etc/sudoers.d is owned by uid 2, should be 0
Meaning it was not correctly installed, sudo is very sensible to file permisssions...

If you scarlet have right to use sudo you can check out by typing:
Code:
 sudo -l

# 4  
Old 01-27-2013
Hi,
After editing sudoers, I keep getting the following error:
Code:
sudo: parse error in /usr/local/etc/sudoers near line 74
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

How do I fix this?

Thanks again.

Regards
Scarlet
Last edited by Scott; 01-27-2013 at 01:35 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 
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