Re: sudo disappears after latest update

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On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 08:19:24 -0600 SternData <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.

It does?

> run visudo
> 
> is "wheel" enabled for sudo and is maitra in the wheel group?

But I seem to have lost sudo privileges after the update. How do I run visudo without being a superuser? I do not appear to have access to /etc/sudoers as a result.

Ranjan

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