[Bug 504671] Re: [karmic] sudoers corrupted - all root xs lost

2010-01-08 Thread rene7705
Hmm.. i admit, i should've read the comments in the file i was editing. But just a suggestion; you could have sudo keep a backup copy of the last known good for /etc/sudoers. If it detects a corrupt /etc/sudoers, it tells you it's using the backup (and it's location). That way, i as an app code

[Bug 504671] Re: [karmic] sudoers corrupted - all root xs lost

2010-01-08 Thread Marc Deslauriers
Thanks for opening this bug. You should edit the sudoers file with the "visudo" command. That way, a parsing error won't lock yourself out. Closing this bug as per your last comment. ** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability ** Changed in: ub