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> Unable to access sudoers file, Unable to access sudoers file
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vel4ever
 Posted: Aug 8 2012, 06:40 PM
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Hi,

I am trying access sudeors file in the below directory,

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/etc/sudoers


But i am getting the below error when accessing the same,

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[balaji@unknown20cf30cca432 torrent]$ sudo cate /etc/sudoers
[sudo] password for balaji:
balaji is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.
[balaji@unknown20cf30cca432 torrent]$


Please help me to resolve this issue.
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vel4ever
 Posted: Aug 8 2012, 07:32 PM
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I have fixed this issue by editing the sudoers file by logging as root user. Thank you.
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lemonzest
 Posted: Aug 9 2012, 01:29 AM
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you edit /etc/sudoers by using visudo, it has sytax checks built in so you dont host your system.


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