unable to run synaptic

[NoOp]

On 04/28/2009 12:55 PM, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 14:04, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 04/28/2009 09:49 AM, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:
>> > Yesterday I upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04, and today I am unable to run
>> > synaptic ! I get a window with the message:
>> >
>> > "failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic  as root, unable to copy the users
>> > Xauthorization file"
>> >
>> > what to do?
>> >
>> > Kjetil
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Please post the output of the following terminal commands:
>>
>> $ cat /etc/sudoers
>> $ groups
>>
> I get this output:
> 
> kjetil at familien:~$ cat /etc/sudoers
> cat: /etc/sudoers: Permission denied
> kjetil at familien:~$ sudo cat /etc/sudoers
> sudo: unable to resolve host familien
> [sudo] password for kjetil:
> # /etc/sudoers
> #
> # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
> #
> # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
> #
> 
> Defaults    env_reset
> 
> # Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to not need a password
> # %sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
> 
> # Host alias specification
> 
> # User alias specification
> 
> # Cmnd alias specification
> 
> # User privilege specification
> root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> 
> # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
> kjetil at familien:~$ groups
> kjetil adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev fuse lpadmin admin
> kjetil at familien:~$
>  kjetil
> 

OK. One more:

$ df