sudo doesn't work, I'm not in sudoers file, but I am.
Mike Williams
dmikewilliams at gmail.com
Sat Jan 12 23:26:44 UTC 2008
On Jan 12, 2008 5:53 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
> >From the sudoers file:
>
> [...]
> ## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
> root ALL=(ALL) ALL
> gene ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
Sure looks okay to me. Note that you can also use:
gene ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
to be able to use sudo without having to enter the password.
>
> Humm, stupid? question: Does this only take effect after a reboot?
No reboot required, changes take effect immediately.
> Weird, I just took it back out, (vim said it was a read-only file so I had to
> use the :w! to write it) and the lockout was instant:
You should use visudo to edit sudoers, not vi. Try: man visudo for more info.
In addition to being safer, visudo will warn you if there are any
errors in the sudoers file.
Mike
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