On November 20, 2009 08:03:32 am concepts wrote: > Well now the problem HAS been solved. > > > "Sunday, June 22, 2008 > sudo: must be setuid root solved in Ubuntu > Go to recovery console (reboot, and chose recovery console in case you > didn't catch on to how to do that), > > fire following commands . > > > Code: > > chown root:root /usr/bin/sudo > chmod 4755 /usr/bin/sudo > > and reboot the machine by > > Code: > > shutdown -r now   > > > > In case if you are getting a "Sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0777, should be > 0440" message on startup then > > go to recovery console and fire following command > > Code: > > chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers > > > -Mihir Patel " > > So it appears that the ending "shutdown -r now" is essential for some > esoteric, if not meta-physical reason. I had done as everyone had suggested > SEVERAL TIMES but to no avail as I've stated before. But being somewhat > persistant and decided to re-install if necessary, I tried it one last > time. It worked... > > I'd like to thank each of those that had brought something to the final > resolution of my problem. > By the way, if anyone needs a tester quite good at getting into trouble, I > am available! > > AndrĂ©. ☺ >
I would take this oppotunity to check the /usr/bin and /bin directories. run: ls -lG /usr/bin /bin | grep -v root The output on my machine: t...@desktron-kubuntu:/usr/bin$ ls -laG /usr/bin /bin | grep -v root /bin: total 5888 /usr/bin: total 162088 -rwsr-sr-x 1 daemon 52112 2009-09-15 18:29 at And on my home server: t...@blackbox:~$ ls -laG /usr/bin /bin | grep -v root /bin: total 6920 /usr/bin: total 103372 -rwsr-sr-x 1 daemon 46964 2009-09-15 09:09 at So there is a single file which does not belong to the user root and it belongs to the user daemon.. If you want you can also check for most files defined in your $PATH variable: echo $PATH | sed -e's/:/ /g' | xargs ls -laG | grep -v root you should get an output similar to this: t...@blackbox:~$ echo $PATH | sed -e's/:/ /g' | xargs ls -laG | grep -v root /bin: total 6920 /sbin: total 9508 /usr/bin: total 103372 -rwsr-sr-x 1 daemon 46964 2009-09-15 09:09 at /usr/games: total 28 /usr/local/bin: total 8 /usr/local/sbin: total 8 /usr/sbin: total 29772 -rwsr-sr-x 1 libuuid 13848 2009-10-22 17:54 uuidd David Montminy _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
