Question
/etc/subdoers busy try again later
I got an error /etc/subdoers busy try again later when i try to access the visudo command. Please can anyone help me how to resolve this issue?
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I’m having the same issue. I ran
sudo visudo
once, and then pressed Ctrl+Z. After that when I again ransudo visudo
it saidvisudo: /etc/sudoers busy, try again later
. I tried runningkillall visudo
but it said-bash: killall: command not found
nor didsudo killall visudo
work as it saidsudo: killall: command not found
@lordmasternew, thank you for your help.
fg
and thenvisudo
again.