In general life we often face the problem when system gives error root /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0
, while trying to run command as sudo in ubuntu. It’s a very common problem we can face if by mistake or by any means, we have modified the permission of sudo. Here are the steps to solve this issue:
Follow these steps:
- Restart and boot system in recovery mode. If you are using
dell
then you can try by pressingCTRL
while booting. - Run the following commands
mount -o remount,rw /
mount --all
chown root:root /usr/bin/sudo
chmod 4755 /usr/bin/sudo
init 6
or runrestart
After restarting system, You can try commands running with sudo and its works !!