Thanks for reporting this issue and for providing steps to reproduce.
I tried to reproduce it on Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) and added a
"#--ariel--#" comment line to my sudoers file. sudo correctly ignore it.
So I mark this bug as fixed.
** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/501204
Title:
sudo syntax error in /etc/sudoers due to #-- comment
Status in sudo package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: sudo
I put a few comments in /etc/sudoers where the '#' comment char is succeeded
with -- as in:
#--ariel--#
result: sudo won't work anymore.
$ sudo echo OK
>>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 9 <<<
>>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 27 <<<
sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 9
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
putting a space between the '#' and '--' solves the problem.
Comments should start with '#' only.
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