sudoers mistake

[Kevin Fries]

"‰sudo" is the sudo group
"sudo" (no percent)  is the user sudo

The percent is NOT a comment indicator.

Kevin
On Jul 5, 2013 10:08 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> /etc/group
> ...
> floppy:x:25:
> tape:x:26:
> sudo:x:27:bmike1 <-relevant line
> audio:x:29:pulse
> dip:x:30:bmike1
> /etc/sudoers
> ...
> # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
> %sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
> <-relevant line
>
> # See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include" directives:
>
> Isn't the line that is commented out supposed to be that way,,,, wait a
> second! If I remember correctly the '%' is a comment symbol too. (if I
> rember right I was messing with a file that used % signs to comment out
> lines. I'll try removing it and see what happens.
> ,....
> Well I uncomented it and now the error is:
>
> $ sudo visudo
> bmike1 is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported. (I'm
> terrified! lol)
>
> So to me this is saying to put the line:
>
> bmike1   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>
> under the line:
>
> sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
>
> so it looks like:
>
> # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
> sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
> <-relevant line
> bmike1   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
> <-relevant line
>
>
> but you were saying I should just need to add my userid to the group sudo
> (which, as shown, is already done). So I am at a loss! What should I do.
>
> Also, would someone explain the difference between usin a pound symbol and
> a percent when commenting lines.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 7:51 PM, James Dugger <james.dugger at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Don't know if it was explained above but the % symbol infront of the
>> names in the sudo file is the reference for a group listed in the
>> /etc/group file.  So the line
>>
>> %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWORD : ALL
>>
>> When uncommented (remove the # in front if it exists) tells Linux to
>> allow anyone in the sudo group access to ALL commands as root without a
>> password.  All you have to do is make sure this line is uncommented using
>> visudo.
>>
>> Then you would edit the /etc/group and add your username to the 'sudo'
>> group line after the ':' on that line.  If there is already another user
>> listed simply add a comma to the end of the previous name then a space and
>> add your username at the end (without a comma after your username).
>>
>> Caution:  This gives any and all users that are part of the sudo group
>> complete root privileges without password requirements.  If this is an
>> issue you can depending on your distro instead use the %wheel group listing
>> in the sudo file. If the %wheel stanza exists (same as the %sudo ...
>> above) and there is a group named wheel in /etc/group you could use this in
>> lieu of %sudo.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 04:48:42PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
>>> > regardless, how do I fix sudoers?
>>>
>>> By deleting the sudoers file and renaming the sudoers.bak file to
>>> sudoers. Uh, you *did* make a backup of the sudoers file...didn't you?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Holtzman
>>> If you think you're getting free lunch,
>>> check the price of the beer.
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>>
>>
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>>
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