hi,

debian@beaglebone:/etc$ visudo sudoers
visudo: sudoers: Permission denied
debian@beaglebone:/etc$ ls -l
total 940
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     2987 Apr  6 10:29 adduser.conf
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Jul 16 15:05 alsa
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 25 17:53 alternatives
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:24 apache2
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 apparmor.d
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:16 apport
drwxrwxrwx 7 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:30 apt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1127 Apr  6 10:29 asound.conf
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:18 avahi
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1994 Apr 18  2019 bash.bashrc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       45 Feb 11  2019 bash_completion
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 17:01 bash_completion.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        0 Jul 22 18:33 bb-bbai-tether.dnsmasq.enable
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      367 Mar  2  2018 bindresvport.blacklist
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jan 29 18:07 binfmt.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:19 bluetooth
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:16 ca-certificates
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     6151 Jun 19 17:01 ca-certificates.conf
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     5713 Apr  6 10:17 ca-certificates.conf.dpkg-old
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 calendar
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:24 connman
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       18 Apr  6 10:18 cpsw_0_mac
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       18 Jul 22 18:33 cpsw_1_mac
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       18 Jul 22 18:33 cpsw_2_mac
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       18 Jul 22 18:33 cpsw_3_mac
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       18 Jul 22 18:33 cpsw_4_mac
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       18 Jul 22 18:33 cpsw_5_mac
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 cron.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 16:56 cron.daily
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 cron.hourly
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 cron.monthly
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1042 Oct 11  2019 crontab
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 cron.weekly
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:16 dbus-1
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     2969 Feb 26  2019 debconf.conf
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        5 May  2 10:00 debian_version
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 21 16:12 default
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      604 Jun 26  2016 deluser.conf
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 dhcp
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root    27381 Sep 17  2018 dnsmasq.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:18 dnsmasq.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       56 Apr  6 10:18 dogtag
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:18 dpkg
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       34 Apr  6 10:29 e2fsck.conf
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:16 emacs
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        0 Apr  6 10:13 environment
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 environment.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       20 Jul 22 18:32 fake-hwclock.data
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 fonts
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      236 Apr  6 14:04 fstab
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     2584 Aug  1  2018 gai.conf
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:24 ghostscript
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Jun 25 17:13 glvnd
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 groff
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root   root     1106 Jul 22 19:10 group
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root   root     1100 Apr  6 10:17 group-
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root   shadow    938 Jul 22 19:10 gshadow
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root   shadow    932 Apr  6 10:17 gshadow-
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:16 gss
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 10 18:16 gtk-2.0
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 gtk-3.0
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 17:00 hostapd
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        9 Aug  7  2006 host.conf
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       11 Apr  6 14:04 hostname
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      213 Apr  6 14:04 hosts
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      436 Jul 21 23:08 hosts.allow
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      711 Apr  6 10:17 hosts.deny
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 ifplugd
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 21 16:12 init.d
drwxrwxrwx 5 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 initramfs-tools
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1748 May  5  2018 inputrc
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:18 insserv.conf.d
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 iproute2
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      194 Apr  6 10:29 issue
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      188 Apr  6 10:29 issue.net
drwxrwxrwx 7 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:26 kernel
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 17:00 ldap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   130229 Jul 22 18:23 ld.so.cache
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       34 Mar  2  2018 ld.so.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 25 17:53 ld.so.conf.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      191 Apr 25  2019 libaudit.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:27 libibverbs.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 libnl-3
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:27 lighttpd
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     2995 May  1  2019 locale.alias
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     9356 Apr  6 10:29 locale.gen
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       27 Jun 19 17:00 localtime -> 
/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/UTC
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:16 logcheck
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root    10477 Jul 27  2018 login.defs
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      435 Aug 22  2018 logrotate.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 21 16:12 logrotate.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       33 Apr  6 10:18 machine-id
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      111 Oct 22  2019 magic
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      111 Oct 22  2019 magic.mime
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     3332 Apr  6 10:28 mailcap
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      449 Feb  9  2019 mailcap.order
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     5174 Feb 10  2019 manpath.config
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root    24512 Feb  9  2019 mime.types
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      812 Jan 10  2020 mke2fs.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 17:00 modprobe.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      195 Apr  6 10:17 modules
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 16:56 modules-load.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      286 Feb  1 17:09 motd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       19 Apr  6 10:17 mtab -> ../proc/self/mounts
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:27 mysql
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     9278 Jun 12  2019 nanorc
drwxrwxrwx 7 root   root     4096 Jul 21 20:14 network
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       60 Apr  6 10:17 networks
drwxrwxrwx 8 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 nginx
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      542 Apr  6 10:27 nsswitch.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 May  9  2018 ODBCDataSources
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        0 May  9  2018 odbc.ini
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:26 OpenCL
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 openmpi
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:13 opt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       21 May  2 16:39 os-release -> 
../usr/lib/os-release
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      552 Feb 14  2019 pam.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 22 18:23 pam.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1600 Apr  6 10:17 passwd
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1533 Apr  6 10:29 passwd-
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:16 perl
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       57 Apr  6 10:29 pip.conf
drwxr-xr-x 5 root   root     4096 Jul 22 18:23 polkit-1
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      799 Apr  6 10:29 profile
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:27 profile.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     2932 Feb 10  2019 protocols
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:18 python
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:15 python2.7
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 python3
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:15 python3.7
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 rc0.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 21 16:12 rc1.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:29 rc2.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:29 rc3.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:29 rc4.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:29 rc5.d
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 rc6.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      126 Apr  6 10:18 rcn-ee.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 21 16:12 rcS.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       24 Apr  6 10:30 resolv.conf -> 
/run/connman/resolv.conf
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:16 resolvconf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       13 Apr 23  2019 rmt -> /usr/sbin/rmt
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Mar 27  2019 robotcontrol
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      887 Feb 10  2019 rpc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1988 Feb 26  2019 rsyslog.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 21 16:12 rsyslog.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     3663 Jun  9  2015 screenrc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     4173 Apr  6 10:29 securetty
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:13 security
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:13 selinux
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root    10593 Dec 19  2018 sensors3.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:27 sensors.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root    18774 Feb 10  2019 services
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   shadow    934 Apr  6 10:17 shadow
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   shadow    902 Apr  6 10:29 shadow-
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      103 Apr  6 10:17 shells
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:13 skel
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 21 23:18 ssh
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Jun 19 17:00 ssl
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       20 Apr  6 10:29 subgid
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        0 Apr  6 10:13 subgid-
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       20 Apr  6 10:29 subuid
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        0 Apr  6 10:13 subuid-
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root   root      692 Jul 22 19:14 sudoers
-r--r----- 1 debian debian      0 Jul 22 05:30 sudoers.c
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jul 22 16:22 sudoers.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     2351 May 31  2018 sysctl.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 16:56 sysctl.d
drwxrwxrwx 5 root   root     4096 Jun 19 16:56 systemd
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:13 terminfo
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:28 ti-mctd
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       13 Apr  6 10:18 timestamp
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root        8 Jun 19 17:00 timezone
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 tmpfiles.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1260 Dec 14  2018 ucf.conf
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Jun 19 17:00 udev
drwxrwxrwx 3 root   root     4096 Jul 21 16:12 ufw
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 16:56 update-motd.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     1523 Feb 23  2018 usb_modeswitch.conf
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Feb 23  2018 usb_modeswitch.d
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root       51 Jan 20  2019 vdpau_wrapper.cfg
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:17 vim
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root     4942 Apr  5  2019 wgetrc
drwxrwxrwx 2 root   root     4096 Jun 19 17:00 wpa_supplicant
drwxrwxrwx 6 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:29 X11
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root   root      642 Mar  1  2019 xattr.conf
drwxrwxrwx 4 root   root     4096 Apr  6 10:24 xdg



On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 12:26:44 PM UTC-6, dave m. wrote:
>
> > sudo: /etc/sudoers is world writable
>
> This appears to be your basic problem.  The file /etc/sudoers says which 
> users are allowed to use sudo to perform system activities.  However, the 
> file is "world writable," which means that anyone could go in there and add 
> themselves to the list.  So sudo is not allowing _anybody_ to do system 
> administration.
>
> If you can figure out a way to change the permissions on that file, you 
> should be in an improved position.  You might try booting from an SD card 
> and changing the permission on the copy of /etc/sudoers that's on the 
> MMC, or if you're already booting from an SD card, you might be able to put 
> that card in a different Linux computer and change the permissions from 
> there.
>
> Can you post the output of "ls -l /etc"?  That might help (especially the 
> line for sudoers, but maybe there are widespread permission problems in 
> /etc?)
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 11:19:32 AM UTC-7 t.n.jay...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> i tried the command 
>>
>> debian@beaglebone:/etc$ sudo apt-get install -y policykit-1-gnome
>> sudo: /etc/sudoers is world writable
>> sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
>> sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
>>
>> whats the soluion? should i copy the .img file again and reboot?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 12:06:29 PM UTC-6, jonnymo wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like you posted this twice.
>>>
>>> Did you make a change to your sudoers file? If not, then have you tried 
>>> changing to root via "sudo su -" ?
>>>
>>> As far as the install issue, you need to run that with sudo when running 
>>> as the debian user:
>>> Ex:
>>>    *sudo apt-get install -y policykit-1-gnome*
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 10:59 AM jayasudhaa t.n <t.n.ja...@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>> when i execute sudo syscheck ,
>>>> i get the following:
>>>> sudo: /etc/sudoers is world writable
>>>> sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
>>>> sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
>>>>
>>>> tried resolving using bash pkexec: pkexec: command not found
>>>>
>>>> not able to install policy kit , i get error as below:
>>>>
>>>> debian@beaglebone:/etc$ apt-get install -y policykit-1-gnome.
>>>> E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: 
>>>> Permission denied)
>>>> E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock 
>>>> (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
>>>>
>>>> kindly help. very urgent.
>>>>
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