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What to do if Sudo is not working?
You can amend #sudo -g Administrators to those that need full access – not in the sudo file, but .login profile. Any standard script now can have access to the remote as “root” and you can protect the files that must be protected.
What causes ” user is not in the sudoers file ” error?
What causes the “user is not in the sudoers file” error? Sudoers file determines which all users can run administrative tasks and the tasks that require superuser privileges. It commonly triggers this error when the user is not part of this file. Any of the following may cause a broken sudo: A user removed from the sudo or admin group.
Is it bad practice to change the permissions of sudoers?
Never change the permissions of /etc/sudoers. In general, you shouldn’t change the permissions of system files. In many cases, the programs associated with them will not work properly and it is bad practice and a security hole.
How can I edit the sudoers file with visudo?
As with the /etc/sudoers file itself, you should always edit files within the /etc/sudoers.d directory with visudo. The syntax for editing these files would be: sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/ file_to_edit How To Give a User Sudo Privileges
Why do I put sudoers after the sudo group?
Here is /etc/sudoers. You should put that line after the line with the rule for the sudo group, because, as the sudoers man page states: When multiple entries match for a user, they are applied in order. Where there are multiple matches, the last match is used (which is not necessarily the most specific match).
Do you have to edit sudoers with visudo?
Additional WARNING: Always edit sudoers with visudo. (sudo visudo) Also, having another window open switched to the root user allows you to recover any mistakes you might make while changing the sudoers file.
Why is the sudoers nopasswd option not working?
Note: I cannot find any relevant system log messages, e.g. via tail -f /var/log/syslog. Here is /etc/sudoers. You should put that line after the line with the rule for the sudo group, because, as the sudoers man page states: When multiple entries match for a user, they are applied in order.