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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Hi , when i tried all the solutions above ,but does not change the result to have this error. Just turn OFF the terminal,than turn on .It works.
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Had you already run
visudo? That error indicates that the file is already being edited. First stop the other process with:Also run
visudo -cto make sure that the sudoers file was not corrupted.