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percent char '%' in sudoers file



My copy (buster amd64) of lines 23-24 of /etc/sudoers looks like this:

23 # Allow members of group sudo to execute any comm$
24 % sudo  ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

Is that '%' a comment char? The line numbers shown were provided by nano. I know, I know, please keep reading.

Full disclosure: In a typical Bob fit of impulsivity I, yes, edited this file using 'sudo nsno /etc/sudoers'. How much damage have I done, what are the penalties for such behaviour, and will I get time off for good behaviour?

Alright, enough fooling around. I am a great fan of Dr. John E. Davis's (the author of jed) viewer app 'most.' I cannot seem to persuade mc to honor my env var VIEWER which asks for 'most.'

I am new to using sudo. All suggestions bearing even the slightest hint of civility will be thoughtfully considered.

Thank you.


--
...a society must incorporate the rationalizing
power symbolized by scientific knowledge, for
otherwise it will be a fatally split society-
split between a powerful elite and the
disenfranchised mass. To this we add now: an
irrational elite is the most dangerous of all.

Holton, Gerald. 1985. On the Integrity of
Science: The Issues Since Bronowski. Leonardo
18 (4), Special Issue: Jacob Bronowski: A
Retrospective (1985): 229-232.



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