On 02/09/2016 07:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hello, > > I have a strange issue: my machine was updated via cron last noght. I rebooted this morning and several attempts, including rebooting into the older kernel do not seem to work in granting me sudo access. > > ~$ sudo dnf update > [sudo] password for maitra: > maitra is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > > The password is correct because otherwise I would get the notificaiton that it is not so so that is not the issue. > > Short of reinstalling, how do I get around this? Note that I do not have root account, so I am not sure about what to do. > > Many thanks and best wishes, > Ranjan > The error explains it: maitra is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. run visudo is "wheel" enabled for sudo and is maitra in the wheel group? -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org