[Ilugc] sudo command and synaptic not working
This is the problem i have in my laptop : I gave the following sudo command to change the permission se...@selvamani-laptop:~$ sudo chmod 777 -R /usr/ [sudo] password for selva : | Nothing happened after i gave the password, so i entered the Backspace key twice. Then again i tried same command, but the error message came as follows: se...@selvamani-laptop:~$ sudo chmod 777 -R /usr/ sudo: must be setuid root se...@selvamani-laptop:~$ This is the error. But now, i unable to open synaptic manager and unable to download or install any packages into my laptop. Please tell me to correct this error. The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] sudo command and synaptic not working
> > se...@selvamani-laptop:~$ sudo chmod 777 -R /usr/ > sudo: must be setuid root > se...@selvamani-laptop:~$ > If the problem is just that you chowned /usr, try booting into the recovery console and type chwon root:root /usr/bin/sudo chmod 4755 /usr/bin/sudo then.. reboot This worked for me when I face the same issue.. -- With luv n cheers., Prema ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Re: [Ilugc] sudo command and synaptic not working
--- On Fri, 19/2/10, Prema wrote: > > > > se...@selvamani-laptop:~$ sudo chmod 777 -R /usr/ > > sudo: must be setuid root > > se...@selvamani-laptop:~$ > > > > If the problem is just that you chowned /usr, try booting > into the recovery > console and type > > chwon root:root /usr/bin/sudo > chmod 4755 /usr/bin/sudo > then.. > > reboot > > This worked for me when I face the same issue.. A bit of explanation: chmod 4xxx will set what is called setuid on execution. That means when the programme is run it will be run as owner of the file, even though started by anybody else. sudo should run as root to do most of function and hence set with setids. A simple chmod xxx will remove any such setid's. I am curious why people want 777 for /usr?. Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc