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13 questions linked to/from How to fix sudo after "chmod -R 777 /usr/bin"?
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Sudo error, setuid [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and I run some command series on Terminal. But at one time I ran
sudo chmod 777 /usr/bin/ -R
And giving some permissions on this directory. After that, I'm continue my work, ...
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root must be setuid root [duplicate]
I accidentally ran this command chmod -R 755 /usr/bin on my remote server [Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS], and I don't have the root password.
When I run sudo it gives me sudo: must be setuid root, This is the /...
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Accidentally did sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/ on Ubuntu Server AWS [duplicate]
I am using AWS to run Ubuntu server 14.04 and by mistake I issued this command
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/
Since issuing this command, I can't switch from ubuntu to root. When I issue this command
sudo ...
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Cannot use sudo command, changed permission of /usr folder [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get back SUDO into working condition?
Here's how I messed up my ubuntu, I wanted to change file permissions of /usr folder and I did that by taking root privilege
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How to modify an invalid '/etc/sudoers' file?
How do I edit an invalid sudoers file? It throws the below error and it's not allowing me to edit again to fix it.
Here is what happens:
$ sudo visudo
>>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near ...
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How can I start Ubuntu in Safe Mode?
I did a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 on an Acer AX1430G desktop. Everything went fine until I installed the additional ATI driver.
When I rebooted the computer, my monitor gives a "signal out of ...
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sudo: /var/lib/sudo/navneet writable by non-owner (040777), should be mode 0700
This error occurs whenever I try to work with sudo. I changed the permissions of /var/ folder to 777 and I think this causes the error. Please help me get back a functional sudo and /var.
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Ubuntu sudo not working
I wanted to move a file to a /usr/python2.7/ but i was unable to do so, so i changed the permissions of /usr to myuser:
sudo chown -R ***** /usr
it worked but i realised it was a blunder when sudo ...
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Error executing sudo in chroot environmet
I am facing a strange problem while using a chroot'd 12.04 Ubuntu. When I try to run anything with sudo I get the following error:
sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?
If I ...
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How to fix sudo after “chmod -R 777 /etc/”?
I have been looking around on how to solve the issue of changing the permissions on the directory where the sudoers file is located (in my case /etc/).
This question points to the same problem, ...
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Ubuntu Sudo Command not working
I mistakenly excuted:
$ sudo chmod -R 777 /*
I can not run sudo any more: I have tried changing the permissions with recovery mode but when I log in back into my account sudo is not still working.
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System crashed after changing permission of /usr/share in ubuntu 14.04LTS
what Happened - I installed audacity (programme) through command line. Help file was missing. I download zip file. Came to know that this file has to be stored in /usr/share folder. When I tried to ...
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Only 8 days into Ubuntu, and I did some damage
In order to eliminate some of the permissions obstacles I keep finding, I decided to make it easier on myself. I did
$ sudo chmod 755 -R /usr
If I knew 10 hours ago what I've learned in researching ...