Troubleshooting
Problem
Patch upgrade fails to run due to bad characters in the /etc/sudoers file.
Symptom
Immediately after running the patch upgrade, the following message is displayed:
sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line xxx
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
Document Location
Worldwide
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Modified date:
20 May 2021
UID
ibm16450949