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Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How to modify a invalid /etc/sudoers file? It throws out an error and not allowing me to edit again up vote 158 down vote favorite 63 How do I edit an invalid visudo file? Here is what /etc/sudoers is world writable happens: $ sudo visudo >>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 28 <<< sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 28 sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting sudo visudo share|improve this question edited Oct 11 '14 at 16:47 KasiyA 13.7k1456109 asked Oct 30 '11 at 19:15 YumYumYum 3,3772477119 2 great question considering this page creates that error help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudoTimeout –user128334 Sep 21 '13 at 18:14 add a comment| 13 Answers 13 active oldest votes up vote 234 down vote accepted +50 On a modern Ubuntu system (and many other GNU/Linux distributions), fixing a corrupted sudoers file is actually quite easy, and doesn't require rebooting, using a live CD, or physical access to the machine. To do this via SSH, log in to the machine and run the command pkexec visudo. If you have physical access to the machine, SSH is unnecessary; just open a Terminal window and run that pkexec command. Assuming you (or some other user) are authorized to run programs as root with PolicyKit, you can enter your password, and then it will run v
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ads with us Ask Ubuntu Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. Join http://askubuntu.com/questions/73864/how-to-modify-a-invalid-etc-sudoers-file-it-throws-out-an-error-and-not-allowi them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top sudoers file corrupted up vote 1 down vote favorite My server crashed and I had to restart it from the power button. However once I http://askubuntu.com/questions/612731/sudoers-file-corrupted restarted it i can no longer run sudo. When I try I get >>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 1 <<< sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 1 sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin I then ran pkexec visudo which returns ��������������������������ï¿ï¿½u�fZc�f�<��^F� ��^H���g���&^R& k^N�^[N)��@{^H�Ƽ^P��8^^����0,(iȼ4_ï¿ï¿½ï¿½d$9��y^YW�ż^O}�f��ȼ0v��lE"G^A^@^Y1���$ So how do I recreate my sudoers file, or am I boned? 14.10 sudo share|improve this question asked Apr 23 '15 at 5:42 Dowlers 18519 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 2 down vote accepted Here's the default /etc/sudoers file in Trusty: # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of # directly modifying this file. # # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file. # Defaults env_reset Defaults mail_badpass Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification # User privilege
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/206355/problem-with-sudoers-file-syntax-error-at-line-82-but-cannot-find-exactly-what workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Unix & Linux Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Unix & Linux Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems. Join them; syntax error it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Problem with sudoers file. Syntax error at line 82, but cannot find exactly what? [closed] up vote -5 down vote favorite I ssh'ed into my new Linux machine (no physical access) syntax error near and I have root credentials. However, I cannot run sudo commands because of some error in the sudoers file made by someone else who logged in as root as well earlier. I used visudo to add my username to the list and the file permissions are currently: -r--r----- 1 root root 3419 May 29 11:57 /etc/sudoers I get the following error message : >>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 82 <<< sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 82 sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting Please have a look and let me know what you guys think is the problem. The contents of my sudoers file are: ## Sudoers allows particular users to run various commands as ## the root user, without needing the root password. ## ## Examples are provided at the bottom of the file for collections ## of related commands, which can then be delegated out to particular ## users or groups. ## ## This file must be edited with the 'visudo' command. ## Host Aliases ## Groups of machines. You may prefer to use hostnames (p