Sudo doesn't work
Had the same problem,
sudo: >>> /etc/sudoers: syntax error near line 25 <<<
sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line 25
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin
Easier way to fix it is :
pkexec visudo
Boot into recovery mode from the GRUB menu (hold the SHIFT key during boot to reveal this menu), enter the root shell.
First you need write permission to edit sudoers, so run
mount -o remount,rw /
Then use
visudo
and revert your mistake.visudo
will check if the resulting sudoers file conforms to the required syntax.By default
visudo
usesvi
as editor, but you can tell it to use your favourite text editor with theEDITOR
environment variable, e. g.:EDITOR=nano visudo
This fixed the same problem for me:
pkexec chmod 440 /etc/sudoers
pkexec chmod 775 /etc/sudoers.d
pkexec chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/README