New account returns sudo: must be setuid root

[xavieranderson]

I made another account called xavier earlier today.
I then proceed to add that account through visudo.

When I use sudo, I get this error.

sudo: must be setuid root

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Here is the output of ls -la $(which sudo)
from the root account..

---x--x--x 1 root root 219272 Sep 24 19:48 /usr/bin/sudo

[atreyu]

Hello and welcome!

It is odd that your distro did not install it that way. Did you modify the file? What is your distro?

If it is RPM-based, try this:

rpm -qV sudo

you can make it suid with this command (run as root):

chmod +x /usr/bin/sudo

[xavieranderson]

I apologize, I thought I posted the OS. I didn't.
I don't believe I ever edited the file.

It's a server I purchased offshores, so I can only access it through SSH.
Its CentOS 6.3x

[atreyu]

I don't believe I ever edited the file.

Run the rpm command I suggested. It will tell you the state of the package that owns the sudo binary.

It's a server I purchased offshores, so I can only access it through SSH.
Its CentOS 6.3x

I don't remember, but maybe CentOS ships that way, for security purposes (forcing root to manually change the binary to be suid). You can run the chmod command I suggested to fix it.

[clowenstein]

Hello and welcome!

It is odd that your distro did not install it that way. Did you modify the file? What is your distro?

If it is RPM-based, try this:

rpm -qV sudo

you can make it suid with this command (run as root):

chmod +x /usr/bin/sudo

I'm pretty sure you meant (as root)

chmod +X /usr/bin/sudo

[atreyu]

I'm pretty sure you meant (as root)

chmod +X /usr/bin/sudo

actually, i meant:

chmod +s /usr/bin/sudo

but good catch!