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so I'm just coming back to linux after a while of not using it, and just installed slackware 14.1 and trying to add my account (msu) to the sudoers file but i can't find the file, where can i find it? and how can i add msu to it??
i know its usually in /etc but even when i do a where is command i can't find it
Thank you
something must be install incorrectly because these are the results from those commands and i always remembered "man"
bash-4.2# man visudo
bash: man: command not found
bash-4.2# locate sudoers
locate: fatal error: Could not find user database '/var/lib/slocate/slocate.db': No such file or directory
man is a part of the "ap"... cluster of packages
sudo is also a part of that
make sure you have that series installed, as it contains many useful basic stuff
PS locate updates it's database with "updatedb" (it should be ran in cron, at least it used to)
you can use the find command if you don't want to update the whole database
Just a guess, based on op's response: sounds like two possible problems could be PATH environment variable getting hosed and/or mount issues (e.g /usr and /var not mounted?).
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