@@ -1521,8 +1521,9 @@ $ sudo sh -c "cd /home ; du -s * | sort -rn > USAGE"
15211521Error messages produced by
15221522\fB sudo \fR
15231523include:
1524- .TP 6n
1525- \fR editing files in a writable directory is not permitted\fR
1524+ .PP
1525+ editing files in a writable directory is not permitted
1526+ .RS 4n
15261527By default,
15271528\fB sudoedit \fR
15281529does not permit editing a file when any of the parent directories are writable
@@ -1534,8 +1535,10 @@ See the
15341535option in
15351536sudoers(@mansectform@)
15361537for more information.
1537- .TP 6n
1538- \fR editing symbolic links is not permitted\fR
1538+ .RE
1539+ .PP
1540+ editing symbolic links is not permitted
1541+ .RS 4n
15391542By default,
15401543\fB sudoedit \fR
15411544does not follow symbolic links when opening files.
@@ -1544,8 +1547,10 @@ See the
15441547option in
15451548sudoers(@mansectform@)
15461549for more information.
1547- .TP 6n
1548- \fR effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?\fR
1550+ .RE
1551+ .PP
1552+ effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?
1553+ .RS 4n
15491554\fB sudo \fR
15501555was not run with root privileges.
15511556The
@@ -1554,8 +1559,11 @@ binary must be owned by the root user and have the set-user-ID bit set.
15541559Also, it must not be located on a file system mounted with the
15551560\(oq nosuid\(cq
15561561option or on an NFS file system that maps uid 0 to an unprivileged uid.
1557- .TP 6n
1558- \fR effective uid is not 0, is sudo on a file system with the 'nosuid' option set or an NFS file system without root privileges?\fR
1562+ .RE
1563+ .PP
1564+ effective uid is not 0, is sudo on a file system with the 'nosuid'
1565+ option set or an NFS file system without root privileges?
1566+ .RS 4n
15591567\fB sudo \fR
15601568was not run with root privileges.
15611569The
@@ -1567,30 +1575,38 @@ The most common reason for this is that the file system the
15671575binary is located on is mounted with the
15681576\(oq nosuid\(cq
15691577option or it is an NFS file system that maps uid 0 to an unprivileged uid.
1570- .TP 6n
1571- \fR fatal error, unable to load plugins\fR
1578+ .RE
1579+ .PP
1580+ fatal error, unable to load plugins
1581+ .RS 4n
15721582An error occurred while loading or initializing the plugins specified in
15731583sudo.conf(@mansectform@).
1574- .TP 6n
1575- \fR invalid environment variable name\fR
1584+ .RE
1585+ .PP
1586+ invalid environment variable name
1587+ .RS 4n
15761588One or more environment variable names specified via the
15771589\fB \- E \fR
15781590option contained an equal sign
15791591(\(oq =\(cq ).
15801592The arguments to the
15811593\fB \- E \fR
15821594option should be environment variable names without an associated value.
1583- .TP 6n
1584- \fR no password was provided\fR
1595+ .RE
1596+ .PP
1597+ no password was provided
1598+ .RS 4n
15851599When
15861600\fB sudo \fR
15871601tried to read the password, it did not receive any characters.
15881602This may happen if no terminal is available (or the
15891603\fB \- S \fR
15901604option is specified) and the standard input has been redirected from
15911605\fI /dev/null \fR .
1592- .TP 6n
1593- \fR a terminal is required to read the password\fR
1606+ .RE
1607+ .PP
1608+ a terminal is required to read the password
1609+ .RS 4n
15941610\fB sudo \fR
15951611needs to read the password but there is no mechanism available for it
15961612to do so.
@@ -1613,13 +1629,19 @@ sudo.conf(@mansectform@)
16131629file or by setting the
16141630\fR SUDO_ASKPASS\fR
16151631environment variable.
1616- .TP 6n
1617- \fR no writable temporary directory found\fR
1632+ .RE
1633+ .PP
1634+ no writable temporary directory found
1635+ .RS 4n
16181636\fB sudoedit \fR
16191637was unable to find a usable temporary directory in which to store its
16201638intermediate files.
1621- .TP 6n
1622- \fR The\fR \(lq no new privileges\(rq flag is set, which prevents sudo from running as root.
1639+ .RE
1640+ .PP
1641+ The
1642+ \(lq no new privileges\(rq
1643+ flag is set, which prevents sudo from running as root.
1644+ .RS 4n
16231645\fB sudo \fR
16241646was run by a process that has the Linux
16251647\(lq no new privileges\(rq
@@ -1633,31 +1655,42 @@ The most likely cause for this is running
16331655within a container that sets this flag.
16341656Check the documentation to see if it is possible to configure the
16351657container such that the flag is not set.
1636- .TP 6n
1637- \fR sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set\fR
1658+ .RE
1659+ .PP
1660+ sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set
1661+ .RS 4n
16381662\fB sudo \fR
16391663was not run with root privileges.
16401664The
16411665\fB sudo \fR
16421666binary does not have the correct owner or permissions.
16431667It must be owned by the root user and have the set-user-ID bit set.
1644- .TP 6n
1645- \fR sudoedit is not supported on this platform\fR
1668+ .RE
1669+ .PP
1670+ sudoedit is not supported on this platform
1671+ .RS 4n
16461672It is only possible to run
16471673\fB sudoedit \fR
16481674on systems that support setting the effective user-ID.
1649- .TP 6n
1650- \fR timed out reading password\fR
1675+ .RE
1676+ .PP
1677+ timed out reading password
1678+ .RS 4n
16511679The user did not enter a password before the password timeout
16521680(5 minutes by default) expired.
1653- .TP 6n
1654- \fR you do not exist in the passwd database\fR
1681+ .RE
1682+ .PP
1683+ you do not exist in the passwd database
1684+ .RS 4n
16551685Your user-ID does not appear in the system passwd database.
1656- .TP 6n
1657- \fR you may not specify environment variables in edit mode\fR
1686+ .RE
1687+ .PP
1688+ you may not specify environment variables in edit mode
1689+ .RS 4n
16581690It is only possible to specify environment variables when running a
16591691\fI command \fR .
16601692When editing a file, the editor is run with the user's environment unmodified.
1693+ .RE
16611694.SH "SEE ALSO"
16621695su(1),
16631696stat(2),
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