Confused Over Sudo / User Issue.....

[Guillermo Garron]

On 2/9/20 8:37 PM, Olivier wrote:

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>> Hello Ubuntu Community!....bit of a long story here so grab a coffee and pull up a chair:

>> So...the story goes like this:

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>> At my corporate site we have Windows computers and mostly Linux servers, some of the workers

>> in the IT department are "permitted" to install Ubuntu (18.04) on their personal machines if they so

>> choose. One of out Supervisors has done this BUT? Somehow hes unable to "sudo" anything! And

>> what I thought was just a messed up password situation goes "deeper". When he enters his

>> REGULAR account credentials he can do administrative things, but no sudo works, ever, regardless

>> of the command. Mind you...his login comes from the Windows AD (A-ctive D-irectory) server,

>> along with his Outlook email etc...but hes not able to do anything with sudo with this laptop. What

>> could possibly be wrong? I had thought it might be something with the /etc/passwd files but all

>> looks legit...then we had him change his password and the change too effect just fine, he's able to

>> access the network and traverse files et al......but STILL he's unable to "sudo" in the Terminal. Can

>> anyone shed some light on this issue?....has anyone seen this before? Is there something I might

>> have overlooked? (maybe a hidden file is missing?...or there's something wrong with a file-path?

>> Any help that anyone can give would ne much appreciated!

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> Did you check that PAM for sudo is properly configured to use AD?

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> Good luck,

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> Olivier

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You can follow this guide about sudoers file, you need to have the name of the administrator there.

https://www.garron.me/en/linux/visudo-command-sudoers-file-sudo-default-editor.html

Best regards,

Guillermo


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