From the creators of "Don't Drive Drunk"....
....We have a new maxim. Don't SUDO Drunk!
Or else you might chmod 777 /etc/....
Imagine this:
1. So you chmod 777 the sudoers file.
2. Whenever you now sudo you get an error that the sudoers file has the wrong permissions. You cannot sudo.
3. You cannot sudo to chmod 0440 sudoers to fix it.
Oops.
Not that I did it. Ehrm. It was the cat. Walking on the keyboard....
Or else you might chmod 777 /etc/....
Imagine this:
1. So you chmod 777 the sudoers file.
2. Whenever you now sudo you get an error that the sudoers file has the wrong permissions. You cannot sudo.
3. You cannot sudo to chmod 0440 sudoers to fix it.
Oops.
Not that I did it. Ehrm. It was the cat. Walking on the keyboard....