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? -- Matt Zagrabelny - mzagrabe@xxxxxxxxx - (218) 726 8844 University of Minnesota Duluth Information Technology Systems & Services PGP key 1024D/84E22DA2 2005-11-07 Fingerprint: 78F9 18B3 EF58 56F5 FC85 C5CA 53E7 887F 84E2 2DA2 He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part