#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : sudo is broken -- "syntax error in /etc/sudoers" and no way back in # Fix : Repair it from the session you still have # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sec-sudoers # # Run as : An open root shell # Expect : 15 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # You still have root somewhere. Do not close that session. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # visudo keeps the previous file until a valid one is saved. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 6" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " sudo is broken -- "syntax error in /etc/sudoers" and no way back in" echo " Repair it from the session you still have" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 15 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi step 1 'Do not close the session. It is the only route in.' 'This is worth stating first because the instinctive response -- closing the terminal and opening a new one to test -- is what turns a five-minute fix into a trip to the console.' manual || true if step 2 'Check what is wrong.' '' cmd 'visudo -c'; then visudo -c if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Fix the named file with visudo, which refuses to save a file that does not parse.' '' cmd 'visudo' 'visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/90-custom'; then visudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/90-custom if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Check the permissions, which sudo enforces strictly and which cause a refusal with no syntax error at all.' '' cmd 'ls -l /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/' 'chmod 440 /etc/sudoers' 'chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/*' 'chown root:root /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*'; then ls -l /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ chmod 440 /etc/sudoers chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/* chown root:root /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/* if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 5 'Note that files in sudoers.d with a dot or a tilde in the name are ignored entirely -- a file saved as 90-custom.bak is silently skipped, which is often the actual cause.' '' manual || true if step 6 'Test from a second terminal before closing the first.' '' cmd 'sudo -l'; then sudo -l if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 6 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'visudo -c reports the files parse, and sudo works from a fresh session.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then visudo -c && sudo -v && echo ok fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sec-sudoers" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: visudo keeps the previous file until a valid one is saved.' rule