sudoers file problem with upgrade to 22.04

Jack McGee jack at greendesk.net
Mon Aug 15 20:41:50 UTC 2022


On 8/15/22 15:24, Jack McGee wrote:
>
> On 8/15/22 15:13, Paul Smith wrote:
>> On Mon, 2022-08-15 at 12:32 -0500, Jack McGee wrote:
>>> If I go to recovery mode, pick drop to root shell, it asks for root
>>> password to continue.
>> I can't understand this.  Are you sure you're using the right boot
>> option?  The single-user mode should drop you into the shell.
>>
>> Have you tried just hitting Enter or using ^C (CTRL-D) when asked for a
>> password?
>>
>>
> I wait for boot entries, pick not Ubuntu, but the one right below it 
> with Recovery.
>
> I choose root (Drop to root shell prompt)
>
> I see Give root password for maintenance.
>
> Enter results in login incorrect.
>
> CTL D just drops me back to menu.
>

Tried it again, guessed the root password and I'm in.

Ran

|usermod -aG sudo username rebooted, and I have sudo access. |

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