sudoers file: syntax error

Martin Pitt martin.pitt at ubuntu.com
Fri Jun 30 12:52:13 BST 2006


Hi chantra,

chantra at debuntu.org [2006-06-30 11:40 -0000]:
> I don't know if this is the right mailing list to post this thread at, but

Actually not, the Malone bug tracker is suited for that. :)

> Yesterday, I could not sudo anymore, meaning that I couldn't upgrade my
> edgy box anymore. update-manager wasn't prompting for a password and when
> I was running sudo apt-get dist-upgrade I had the following error:
> 
> >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 2 <<<
> >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 16 <<<
> >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 18 <<<
> >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 19 <<<
> >>> sudoers file: syntax error, line 20 <<<
> sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 2

Known bug, fixed yesterday: https://launchpad.net/bugs/51246

Greetings,

Martin
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