Re: [conclusion] root can't sudo

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:52 PM, T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My bad.
>
> The failed environment is a linux-live environment that I built myself.
> When mirroring it to HD, everything works fine. So it's actually the live
> environment's problem, not sudo's.
>
> Thanks again for your comprehensive tips, which I'll garter bellow in
> case someone else need to troubleshoot:
>
> - Make sure the 'root ALL=(ALL) ALL' line is in /etc/sudoers
>
> % grep ^root /etc/sudoers
> root ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> - should not have the "!root_sudo" option set
>
> $ sudo cat /etc/sudoers | grep root_sudo || echo no
> no
>
> Also check,
>
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:44:07 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>
>> Do you have an "/etc/pam.d/sudo" file? Can another user use sudo? Any
>> hint about the reason for the failure in "/var/log/auth.log"?
>
> Thanks again.

You're welcome.