On Sun, 6 Oct 2024, Greg Wooledge wrote:
# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
The %sudo line in /etc/sudoers has no effect. Is there some other
incantation needed in /etc/sudoers ?
You need to log out and back in, or at least start a new authentication
session as yourself, to pick up the new group memberships.
I logged out and back in. Command "sudo /usr/sbin/synaptic" called for my own
password, and now works correctly.
Run the "id" command with no arguments to see your current group memberships.
You'll see that "sudo" is not one of them.
I found that if I then tried "id rprice" I could see "sudo".
Now try "su - rprice" to open a new session as yourself, in the same
terminal. In this new session, if you run "id" with no arguments,
you should see the sudo group listed.
Confirmed!
Thanks, Roger
