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*SOLVED* sudo in ubuntu template [message #26877]

Mon, 04 February 2008 16:54

dantrevino
Messages: 2
Registered: February 2008

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How do I get sudo to work in the ubuntu template? I added users to the group 'admin', but wehn i 'sudo <command>' nothing happens.

[Updated on: Wed, 06 February 2008 04:47] by Moderator

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Re: sudo in ubuntu template [message #26940 is a reply to message #26877]

Tue, 05 February 2008 23:18

kir
Messages: 1645
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moscow, Russia

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The best way to troubleshoot it would be to check everything:

1. Are you indeed in group «admins» ("id" should tell).
2. Is /etc/sudoers set up so users from «admins» group can use sudo
3. Is there anything bad in system logs (/var/log/messages I guess)?

If the above won't help, try to strace/ltrace sudo invocation and see what's wrong (or post the details here).

PS I will try to reproduce the issue myself when I have time (in a few days I think).

Kir Kolyshkin

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Re: sudo in ubuntu template [message #26941 is a reply to message #26877]

Wed, 06 February 2008 00:13

curx
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Registered: February 2006
Location: Nürnberg, Germany

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it's possible that the group admin is disabled in the sudoers file (-> /etc/sudoers ) and/or the group admin doesn't exist, so take a look to /var/log/auth.log

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Re: sudo in ubuntu template [message #26943 is a reply to message #26877]

Wed, 06 February 2008 03:17

dantrevino
Messages: 2
Registered: February 2008

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ok, somebody slap me.

I did figure it out after the post. I had created and added the users to the 'admin' group, which is standard for ubuntu, but didnt even look in the sudoers file. I had just assumed admin group sudo rights were enabled.

The sudoers file that comes with the template does have a line that can be commented out for the 'sudo' group, not 'admin'. But either way, obviously the sudoers file needs to be edited and I shoulda checked it.

dan

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