Re: iptables execution with sudo fails

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On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 12:56 +0800, Tanneeru Muralidhar Babu-A19589
wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> While executing iptables command using sudo on my system (running MV
> 2.6.10), I see following errors. Could someone please help me understand
> this error ?
>  
> sudo:        0 : uid 0 does not exist in the passwd file! ; TTY=unknown
> ; PWD=unknown ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/iptables
>  
> Is this a problem with passwd file ? Under what circumstances do we see
> this error ?

Do other commands work with sudo?

What is the exact syntax of the command you are trying to run?

What is the contents of /etc/sudoers?

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