(see the INSTALL doc for a list of OS's that sudo knows how to get
shadow password info for).
-Q) Sudo says that it cannot read the sudoers file even though the
- path it says is correct.
-A) If the sudoers file lives on an NFS-mounted partition that partition
- needs to be exported as root to the host in question unless you
- have set SUDOERS_OWNER to something other than root. An easy test
- is to see if "cat /path/to/sudoers" works as root. If not, then
- you have the aforementioned problem. See the entry for SUDOERS_OWNER
- in the OPTIONS file.
-
Q) Can I put the sudoers file in NIS/NIS+ or do I have to have a
copy on each machine?
A) There is no support for making an NIS/NIS+ map/table out of
the sudoers file at this time. A good way to distribute the
sudoers file is via rdist(1). It is also possible to
- NFS-mount the sudoers file. However, please read the previous
- TROUBLESHOOTING entry for info on this.
+ NFS-mount the sudoers file.
Q) I don't run sendmail on my machine. Does this mean that I cannot
use sudo?