On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I have a fresh Debian 12.9 install. My user account is part of sudo > group, and members of sudo can run any command.
No... the "sudo" user can run any command: > sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL I have %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL in my /etc/sudoers -- the leading "%" specifies a group Regards Lee > However, I get an > error when trying to use sudo: > > $ sudo ls > [sudo] password for jwalton: > jwalton is not in the sudoers file. > > $ groups > jwalton cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev users netdev > bluetooth lpadmin scanner > > $ su - > Password: > > # grep -v -E '^#' /etc/sudoers | cat -s > Defaults env_reset > Defaults mail_badpass > Defaults > secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" > > Defaults use_pty > > root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL > > I've rebooted the machine twice. I know the failure is not due to > stale login information. > > Does anyone know why I cannot use sudo in this case? > > Jeff >
