topic Re: sudo: Can't open /var/run/sudo/admin/0: Read-only file system in Operating System - Linux

sudo: Can't open /var/run/sudo/admin/0: Read-only file system

Manuales — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:20:29 GMT

Hi,i am using Linux, when i try to use sudo su - the system shows me below messasge...

Last login: Fri Jun 4 14:36:00 2010 from admon-linux.mysite.org.mx
[admin@servidor ~]$ sudo su -
Password:
sudo: Can't open /var/run/sudo/admin/0: Read-only file system
[root@servidor ~]#

i run: sudo -l and the result is "ALL"
Why i am gettng that error?
thanks a lot.

Re: sudo: Can't open /var/run/sudo/admin/0: Read-only file system

John Guster — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:09:20 GMT

sudo checks the ownership of its timestamp directory /var/run/sudo by default. what is the ownership of this directry?

Re: sudo: Can't open /var/run/sudo/admin/0: Read-only file system

Ivan Ferreira — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:54:59 GMT

Please run as root:

touch /var/test

If you get the same error, probably you had a problem with your disk storage that caused the file system to go to read only mode.

This problem occurs frequently on Vmware VM installations and sometimes on SAN boot configurations.