On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 04:03:56PM +0200, Markus Fischer wrote: > Hi, > I've a few machines where I'm running Squeeze as guests and > ever since the upgrade to Squeeze or fresh installation of it, > sudo does not work as expected: I always have to enter the > password. Every time. If you don't mind, I've added a more > detailed explanation over at serverfault.com . > I see this problem on machines with older Debian Lenny machines > as well as Squeeze on the host system too: > Versions: > Kernel: 2.6.32-5-vserver-686 > VS-API: 0x00020305 > util-vserver: 0.30.215; Jun 18 2010, 15:28:40 0.30.215 is too old to work with that kernel, but probably the version number is just a fictional one as typical for debian .... > Features: > CC: gcc, gcc (Debian 4.4.4-5) 4.4.4 > CXX: g++, g++ (Debian 4.4.4-5) 4.4.4 > CPPFLAGS: '' > CFLAGS: '-Wall -g -O2 -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic -W > -funit-at-a-time' > CXXFLAGS: '-g -O2 -ansi -Wall -pedantic -W > -fmessage-length=0 -funit-at-a-time' > build/host: i486-pc-linux-gnu/i486-pc-linux-gnu > Use dietlibc: yes > Build C++ programs: yes > Build C99 programs: yes > Available APIs: v13,net,v21,v22,v23,netv2 > ext2fs Source: e2fsprogs > syscall(2) invocation: alternative > vserver(2) syscall#: 273/glibc > crypto api: nss > python bindings: no > use library versioning: yes > Paths: > prefix: /usr > sysconf-Directory: /etc > cfg-Directory: /etc/vservers > initrd-Directory: $(sysconfdir)/init.d > pkgstate-Directory: /var/run/vservers > vserver-Rootdir: /var/lib/vservers > thanks, > - Markus > [1] > http://serverfault.com/questions/406010/sudo-in-debian-squeeze-inside-linux-vserver-always-wants-password definitiely missing an strace -fF on that command and/or debug output on the sudo in question. best, Herbert