Did you check the permissions? -r--r----- 1 root root 1011 Oct 4 21:58 /etc/sudoers
On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/15/2015 11:18 AM, Joe wrote: > >> On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:44:10 -0500 >> Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 11/14/2015 03:01 PM, Joe wrote: >>> Your example will >>> >>>> still ask for a password, and anyway it's either/or: you can either >>>> add yourself to the sudo group or add your name to sudoers, you >>>> don't need both. >>>> >>> >>> I had to, before it would work. YMMV, Ric >>> >>> >>> >> You must have an unusually paranoid computer. I have a sid workstation >> and wheezy server running at the moment, neither of which has any >> members of the sudo group, which I think is a relatively recent >> innovation in Debian. >> >> It might be one of those situations where 'I did A and it didn't work, >> I did B and it didn't work, I did C and it finally did work, and I was >> so relieved that I could get on with the job that was being held up that >> I didn't take the time to go back and undo A and B'. We've all been >> there, and have bits of mostly harmless cruft here and there to prove >> it... >> > > I just installed fresh, after a stinkin' seagate drive failed miserably, > and had to do both steps before sudo would work. It's become automatic to > do A and B to get C. But then again, I've never reversed the process to see > if A or B could be omitted. Maybe I'm scared. <cackles> Ric > > > > -- > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: > "There are two Great Sins in the world... > ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. > Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. > http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html > >
