sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0755, should be 0440

[websmoken]

Every time I started a program called XAMP it said "world writable opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf" but it worked great(I should have taken Husse advice "Don't fix it if it ain't broken, don't break it if you can't fix it." ) When I tried to set the permissions on that file using "sudo chmod 755 opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf" something happened and now any time I try to sudo anything I get this error. I read about this same error on Ubuntu forum they say get in recovery mode and type in "sudo chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers" then "sudo reboot". But I still get this error. Somehow I must have changed sudoers permissions instead.

[67GTA]

When you boot in to recovery mode, become root

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su

and enter your root password. If you haven't set up your root account, do it before hand with Menu>Administration>Users and Groups. Once in recovery mode as root, run

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chmod 440 /etc/sudoers

and then

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reboot

[websmoken]

Menu>Administration>Users and Groups

When I click on this or almost anything under "Administration" except for "System Monitor", "System Log" and a few others I have a tab show up saying "Starting Users and Groups" or whatever, then goes away after 20 sec or so with nothing showing up on screen.

The only user/password I have set-up is 1 that WAS root. If I type su then enter my password it says "su: Authentication failure
Sorry." I won't repeat what I say.

When I try to do what you said, I get this same error.
Well I partitioned the HD like piratesmacks said in his dual-boot tutorial. Guess Big Dave Screwed Up Again HUH.

If I'm ready for a new install just say the word.

[67GTA]

Running that as root should have changed the permissions. Post a copy of your /etc/sudoers file. Also, right click on the file, select properties, and then the permissions tab. It should be owned by root.

[websmoken]

Thanks for all your help Guy.

Privileges
Owner:root Access :Read and Write
Group:root Access: Read only
Others: Access: Read only
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# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# Defaults

Defaults !lecture,tty_tickets,!fqdn

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

[websmoken]

I went back to system recovery this time I noticed that it said root@blahblah so I typed what you told me to, this time I didn't have the su. I rebooted & tried my "sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start started the server and all. I went to "administration user and groups clicked and it came up. Something as little as this screws up everything.

Later Guy, We need to get together & have a Bud.

[67GTA]

Just be wary of trying to change any type of permissions in /. If I remember right, you would still get the error the first time ran the command, but after that it would be fine since the permission had been changed back. Glad you got it going.