unexpted user error ?...mint

[bigvoo]

I just tried to install something in terminal....this is mint 7, when i typed my password, it came back...error: unexpeted root user... i don't like the sound of that.. any help appriciated.

[b2bwild]

Is the user is in sudoer's list?

[bigvoo]

I have to rephrase that..my short term memory is so bad, when i type my password, it says error 39: unexpected operator .... I googled this and didnt find much.... where is the sudoers list at ? thanks

[reed9]

The sudoers file is located at /etc/sudoers

You should generally only edit this using visudo, which checks for errors, so you don't accidently screw up the file.

error 39: unexpected operator

Is this the exact error message?

[Segfault]

It really is not clear where this error comes from. What was the exact command you issued when you got this error?

[b2bwild]

Have you edited any pam configuration?
e.g /etc/pam.d/sudo