Trying to change permissions on files

[vidda]

Hi guys I know it's probably silly what I am asking about, but I have few problems trying to change folder permission so server could upload photos via form.
It is a dedicated server, with fedora 8 OS.
when I type in to command line:
"sudo chown apache folder_name"
I get:
sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

I read an article:
"Configuring SUDO" here:
fedorasolved.org/post-install-solutions/sudowhere they suggest to start with typing in this command:
su --login -c 'visudo'

but when I do so, that's what I get:
> su --login -c 'visudo'
su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: Permission denied
visudo: /etc/sudoers busy, try again later

[TheBoogyMaster]

try by conecting on root.

su

if not juste type : sudo nautilus and do it graphicaly...


look at this 2:
Help -

[mikesd]

See [SOLVED] sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo - Zimbra - Forums.

Specifially:

vi /etc/sudoers (EDIT: please use visudo instead)
comment out: #Default requiretty

If requiretty is set, sudo will only run when the user is logged in to a real tty. This will disallow things like 'rsh somehost sudo ls' since rsh does not allocate a tty; because it is not possible to turn off echo when there is no tty present.
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[vidda]

try by conecting on root.

su

if not juste type : sudo nautilus and do it graphicaly...


look at this 2:
[publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds1/chown.htm]Help -

OK I tried both
when typing:
"sudo nautilus" I get:
> sudo nautilus
sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

when executing code
"su"
it just goes:
> su
and nothing else changes after executing chown it still displays:
sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

[vidda]

when I try command:
"visudo /etc/sudoers"
I get:
> visudo /etc/sudoers
usage: visudo [-c] [-q] [-s] [-V] [-f sudoers]
From what I understood it should edit sudoers file, but nothing else happens

[mikesd]

Just type

visudo

You don't need the path.

Also try

su -