Syntax error in /etc/sudoers.d/file

[Colin Law]

On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 04:11, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
>
> In Ubuntu 20.10 I had added a line
>
> robert ALL=NOPASSWORD: /bin/mount

It should be NOPASSWD
though I don't know whether the full word is supposed to work.

Colin

>
> in the file /etc/sudoers.  The upgrade to Ubuntu 21.04 overrode that line.  I
> now see that was the wrong place for the change I wanted to do.  So I have now
> created a new file /etc/sudoers.d/robert and entered the same line.  Now I am
> getting a syntax error.
>
> /etc/sudoers.d/robert:1:34: syntax error
> robert ALL=NOPASSWORD: /bin/mount
>                                  ^
>
> With a fixed font the ^ is the space after the end of the line.
>
> This line worked in 20.10 but not in 21.04.  I have checked the documentation
> and do not see a problem with the line I entered.  Anyone know what I have done
> wrong.
>
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