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Sirap

New Member

Registered: 2011-01-07

Posts: 3

[solved] /etc/sudoers issue

Hello,

I'm a beginners on linux and this is my first post.
I installed #!10a2 and did an upgrade. While processing it has been asked to me if I wanted to replace the existing sudoers file by the packet owner one. I said YES ... It was a big mistake, i think.

Because now, my default user name is no more in the sudoers file and i can't access root status.

Any idea on how to fix this ?
I can't access /etc/sudoers with user permission.
Is there a default root password ?

Your help is welcome, many thanks.

Last edited by Sirap (2011-01-07 11:04:15)

ali

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2010-05-31

Posts: 1,035

Re: [solved] /etc/sudoers issue

i had an error with the root user too
su root doesn't seam to work because of that
a workaround would be to use your livecd to edit your /etc/sudoers file

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Sirap

New Member

Registered: 2011-01-07

Posts: 3

Re: [solved] /etc/sudoers issue

Many thanks ali.

A bit hardcore to access local HD root partition, but it's Ok now.
I wouldn't repoduce this error.

Issue is solved. Thanks again

ali

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2010-05-31

Posts: 1,035

Re: [solved] /etc/sudoers issue

yea for other people who may experience a similar problem once on the live cd just

sudo mount /dev/sda1 ~/tmp 

in case your root is not in dev sda1 replace that with the correct partition
then just edit ~/tmp/etc/sudoers with any available editor
for instance

sudo gedit ~/tmp/etc/sudoers

and add

yourusername ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

at the end of the file and you're gonna be okay

p.s. i suggest you rename your thread to

[solved] /etc/sudoers issue

or something

and as a side note you'd better set a root password so you can "su root"  in case of an emergency

sudo passwd root

Last edited by ali (2011-07-20 20:20:55)

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luc

#! Die Hard

From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2010-03-21

Posts: 597

Re: [solved] /etc/sudoers issue

welcome sirap,
nice it solved so quickly. can you edit your first post and add "[SOLVED]" to the title?
anyway have fun with CrunchBang
luc

Sirap

New Member

Registered: 2011-01-07

Posts: 3

Re: [solved] /etc/sudoers issue

nice it solved so quickly

Forum is very reactive. Thanks again