Re: [Hampshire] sudo

Top Page
Author: Alan Pope
Date:  
To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] sudo

Reply to this message
gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x57703100.hantslug.org.uk.19641': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Thu Jun 21 15:09:24 2007 BST
gpg: using DSA key 1E38DD6257A4363C
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
Hi Chris,

On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 14:54 +0100, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> I've always thought that having no proper root login on Ubuntu
> (Dapper) was pretty stupid, but can anyone explain this?
>
> After working quite happily at the command line all morning, I
> suddenly got:
>
> $ sudo su
> Password:
> chris is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
>
> After another attempt:
>
> $ sudo su
> Sorry, user chris may not run sudo on localhost.
>


You changed the hostname of the machine?

Cheers,
Al.