Errors when trying to use `sudo` in WSL (bash on Ubuntu on Windows) after installing jasper

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I am getting this message when I try to use sudo:

sudo: PERM_ROOT: setresuid(0, -1, 0): Operation not permitted
sudo: unable to open /var/lib/sudo/jp2nyy/pid2: Operation not supported
sudo: PERM_ROOT: setresuid(0, -1, 0): Operation not permitted
sudo: setuid(0): Operation not permitted
sudo: unable to set supplementary group IDs: Operation not permitted

This problem started after I installed jasper with:

sudo apt-get install jasper

I'm using Ubuntu Bash for Windows.

Edit

As per comments below chown/chmod may have been run on files in /usr or /var.

The only google hits I can find for this error message relate to ldap and/or pam configuration - have you made changes to either? — steeldriver, Dec 22 '16 at 13:53
This looks like you did chown/chmod on files in /usr or /var — muru, Dec 23 '16 at 05:26
@user3550783 if that's what you did, simplest way is reinstalling: http://askubuntu.com/questions/43621/what-if-i-accidentally-run-command-chmod-r-on-system-directories-etc — muru, Dec 23 '16 at 06:16
@user3550783 Please remember to include such information next time. — edwinksl, Dec 23 '16 at 06:36
If you did chown or chmod something I suggest you check your history (do history | grep -E 'chown|chmod') as depending on exactly what you did it may be fixable... — Zanna, Dec 23 '16 at 06:37
Kind of tricky Microsoft getting us to support their product by putting the word "Ubuntu" in front instead of something generic like "Linux Bash" ;) — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Dec 23 '16 at 06:38
@WinEunuuchs2Unix Canonical developed WSL in partnership with M$ — Zanna, Dec 23 '16 at 06:40
@Zanna Fair enough.... now that you mention it I vaguely recall reading that a month or two ago. — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Dec 23 '16 at 06:42
@Zanna I tried the history | grep method but it doesn't seem to show the jasper history from yesterday. — user3550783, Dec 23 '16 at 07:13
Hmmm sorry I don't know anything about WSL so this is difficult... you didn't get any output grepping for chown and chmod? Maybe you didn't run those commands. Are you saying the problem started AFTER you installed jasper? I thought you meant you were getting an error trying to install (using sudo) — Zanna, Dec 23 '16 at 07:16
If this is WSL, then you start as root. Why use sudo at all? — muru, Dec 23 '16 at 07:29
I was using sudo as it would say permission denied for some features. — user3550783, Dec 23 '16 at 07:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 05 '17 at 06:10

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When I had errors (possibly similar to yours) using sudo in Ubuntu Bash on Windows, I found that using sudo -S seemed to work.

edited Jan 05 '17 at 06:10

Tshilidzi Mudau

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answered Jan 04 '17 at 22:03

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Errors when trying to use `sudo` in WSL (bash on Ubuntu on Windows) after installing jasper

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