sudo no longer works (solved)

[easoukenka]

I did not do anything weird to my system but suddenly I can't access anything with administrator rights. For instance when I click synaptic it asks for my password I put it in it says it's the wrong password so I type it again and it says conversation with su failed.

so i shot to the konsole and type sudo synaptic but it doesn't do anything. Anything I try like sudo kate also doesn't do anything.

I have read through the forums here and alot of people have similiar problem but the fixes listed I need to run sudo (somthing) and well that doesnt work. I did run passwd and successfully changed my password didn't need the sudo command.

Also kdesu (something) does not work

Thanks you for reading this and thanks for the help.

[easoukenka]

Re: sudo no longer works

nevermind I got it thanks to http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/sudo

[Fintan]

Re: sudo no longer works

I know the problem so have a look here:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/sudo

if you are not happy with command lines do this:
Boot into recovery mode. when it is finished booting you will see your cursur blinking. Type startx to get into the gui (desktop). Open up kate and open:
/etc/group. See if you are in the group (as stated in the link above) then open:
/etc/sudoers. Save that as sudoersOld and paste this:

# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# Defaults

Defaults !lecture,tty_tickets,!fqdn

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

into a new doc. Save as sudoers. Close. Reboot into your user.

I hope that helps.

Edit: Good for you and google