Control: tags -1 unreproducible On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 08:19:04PM +0000, Shane Frasier wrote:
When running in Debian Forky I am unable to run commands as root via sudo. Even something simple such as sudo ls fails with the error message "root is not in the sudoers file". I did verify that root is indeed listed in the /etc/sudoers file just as it always has been.
Like this? 2/5177]mh@swivel:~ ⚡ $ sudo -i Last login: Sa Feb 28 10:46:33 CET 2026 on pts/5 root@swivel:~# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) root@swivel:~# sudo ls Sync root@swivel:~# sudo -u mh id uid=1001(mh) gid=1001(mh) groups=1001(mh),4(adm),20(dialout),27(sudo),50(staff),100(users),104(kvm),106(netdev),127(libvirt),128(wireshark),129(debspawn),998(systemd-network),999(systemd-journal) root@swivel:~# sudo id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) root@swivel:~# logout [3/5178]mh@swivel:~ ⚡ $ Seems to work for me. Can you give instructions how to reproduce this? Please inspect your sudoers and your sudoers.d files for strangeness. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
