[nmglug] sudo broken

[Jason Davis]

On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 11:29 -0700, js at jasonschaefer.com wrote:
> so.... I broke it! late last night, after a few beers, I added myself to the
> users group with 'usermod -G users jason' which does not append to your current
> groups. So I was removed from all groups but users. (includnig admin which is
> what sudoers uses to give you root).
> 
> 
> 

beer_and_compters--  :P


> 
> 
> Quoting "js at jasonschaefer.com" <js at jasonschaefer.com>:
> 
> > Hello
> > 
> > I recently installed dapper on my desktop, this morning I went to install
> > some
> > updates and can't get in as root. when I type 'sudo su -' it prompts me for
> > my
> > password and then leaves me in my current shell. Any idea how this would
> > suddenly start happening? I will look into this further and report back.
> > 
> > Jason
> > 
> > 
> > 
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