ERROR: sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0777, should be 0440

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sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0777, should be 0440
sudo: no valid sudoers source found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

I have Ubuntu Server 12.04.4 LTS and this sudo problem, i cant use sudo command, please help everyone, how to fix this sudo error.

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Please Help!

post the output of ls -l /etc/sudoers – Avinash Raj Mar 23 '14 at 13:39 — Avinash Raj, Mar 23 '14 at 13:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 23 '14 at 13:26

You can try:

chmod -R a+rx /etc/sudoers.d
chmod -R u+w /etc/sudoers.d
chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/README

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