topic sudo: must be setuid root in Operating System - HP-UX

sudo: must be setuid root

tom quach_1 — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:53:00 GMT

Hi All,

have anyone seen this message before.
i've setup and used sudo for my test and production for 2 years now.
suddenly, on my test server (HP-UX 11.11)
the sudo does not work anymore. tried to compare with my production but could not figure it out what was wrong?
the sudoers permission is correct, compared with production.

this was the error
$sudo cancel hp5000-862
sudo: must be setuid root

thank in advance for your help.
Tom

Re: sudo: must be setuid root

Yogeeraj_1 — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:57:45 GMT

Hi tom,

can you verify your $PATH?

If you have '.' in your $PATH before the directory containing sudo, this problem can also arise..

please check

kind regards
yogeeraj

Re: sudo: must be setuid root

Dennis Handly — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:05:22 GMT

Can you list the permissions on sudo?
It probably should look something like this:
-rwsr-xr-x root bin

Re: sudo: must be setuid root

tom quach_1 — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:17:27 GMT

Thank you Dennis and Yogeerai,

the permission was -rwxr-xr-x on
/usr/local/bin/sudo
changed it to
-rwsr-xr-x root bin
and it works
on my production the permission is
---s--x--x on /usr/local/bin/sudo

Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
Tom

Re: sudo: must be setuid root

tom quach_1 — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:18:57 GMT

Thank you!

Re: sudo: must be setuid root

Dennis Handly — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:35:58 GMT

---s--x--x is probably fine for real paranoid admins. :-)
But there is no reason not to let root read it.