[nmglug] sudo broken

[strobedream]

Jason Davis wrote:
> 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
>
>   
Wow I did the same thing... but it was the hard stuff.
>   
>> 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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