On Fri 18 Dec 2020 at 13:05:26 (-0500), Jerry Mellon wrote: > I installed the Debian 10 64bit from the disks(16) that I purchased. No > down load from outside involved. > PS Not trying to cause a problem, just telling you what I had to todo.
I'm sure you're posting in good faith. The problem is that we don't know anything about your system without your telling us, and when what you report doesn't seem likely, then it helps if you would post some uninterpreted evidence. That's why I asked you to post the output of this command: ls --full-time /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ The dates and sizes of the files will help us determine whether the /etc/sudoers file has been edited, and by whom¹. Since around the time of squeeze, this file should never require editing on 99% of Debian systems, on account of its last line and the existence of the /etc/sudoers.d/ directory. If you don't post some evidence like that, then it's difficult for me to believe other than that you misunderstood the choices you made with the root password/ability for root to login, and tried to compensate by using, unfortunately, the wrong commands and actions, which made it harder to understand the problem. ¹ Note that it is always most helpful to cut and paste the actual commands and their responses into your posts, obviously mangling any confidential bits. Cheers, David.
