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From: Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: iptables execution with sudo fails
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:19:50 -0500
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On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 12:56 +0800, Tanneeru Muralidhar Babu-A19589
wrote:
> Hi,
> =20
> While executing iptables command using sudo on my system (running MV
> 2.6.10), I see following errors. Could someone please help me understand
> this error ?
> =20
> sudo:        0 : uid 0 does not exist in the passwd file! ; TTY=3Dunknown
> ; PWD=3Dunknown ; USER=3Droot ; COMMAND=3D/sbin/iptables
> =20
> Is this a problem with passwd file ? Under what circumstances do we see
> this error ?

Do other commands work with sudo?

What is the exact syntax of the command you are trying to run?

What is the contents of /etc/sudoers?

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