sudo disappears after latest update

[SternData]

On 02/09/2016 07:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a strange issue: my machine was updated via cron last noght. I rebooted this morning and several attempts, including rebooting into the older kernel do not seem to work in granting me sudo access.
> 
> ~$ sudo dnf update
> [sudo] password for maitra: 
> maitra is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.
> 
> The password is correct because otherwise I would get the notificaiton that it is not so so that is not the issue.
> 
> Short of reinstalling, how do I get around this? Note that I do not have root account, so I am not sure about what to do. 
> 
> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan
> 

The error explains it:

maitra is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

run visudo

is "wheel" enabled for sudo and is maitra in the wheel group?


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-- Steve