Errors when trying to use `sudo` in WSL (bash on Ubuntu on Windows) after installing jasper

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I am getting this message when I try to use sudo:

sudo: PERM_ROOT: setresuid(0, -1, 0): Operation not permitted
sudo: unable to open /var/lib/sudo/jp2nyy/pid2: Operation not supported
sudo: PERM_ROOT: setresuid(0, -1, 0): Operation not permitted
sudo: setuid(0): Operation not permitted
sudo: unable to set supplementary group IDs: Operation not permitted

This problem started after I installed jasper with:

sudo apt-get install jasper

I'm using Ubuntu Bash for Windows.

Edit

As per comments below chown/chmod may have been run on files in /usr or /var.

The only google hits I can find for this error message relate to ldap and/or pam configuration - have you made changes to either? — steeldriver, Dec 22 '16 at 13:53
This looks like you did `chown`/`chmod` on files in `/usr` or `/var` — muru, Dec 23 '16 at 05:26
@user3550783 if that's what you did, simplest way is reinstalling: http://askubuntu.com/questions/43621/what-if-i-accidentally-run-command-chmod-r-on-system-directories-etc — muru, Dec 23 '16 at 06:16
@user3550783 Please remember to include such information next time. — edwinksl, Dec 23 '16 at 06:36
If you did `chown` or `chmod` something I suggest you check your history (do `history | grep -E 'chown|chmod'`) as depending on exactly what you did it may be fixable... — Zanna, Dec 23 '16 at 06:37
Kind of tricky Microsoft getting us to support their product by putting the word "Ubuntu" in front instead of something generic like "Linux Bash" ;) — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Dec 23 '16 at 06:38
@WinEunuuchs2Unix Canonical developed WSL in partnership with M$ — Zanna, Dec 23 '16 at 06:40
@Zanna Fair enough.... now that you mention it I vaguely recall reading that a month or two ago. — WinEunuuchs2Unix, Dec 23 '16 at 06:42
@Zanna I tried the history | grep method but it doesn't seem to show the jasper history from yesterday. — user3550783, Dec 23 '16 at 07:13
Hmmm sorry I don't know anything about WSL so this is difficult... you didn't get any output grepping for `chown` and `chmod`? Maybe you didn't run those commands. Are you saying the problem started AFTER you installed jasper? I thought you meant you were getting an error trying to install (using `sudo`) — Zanna, Dec 23 '16 at 07:16
If this is WSL, then you start as root. Why use `sudo` at all? — muru, Dec 23 '16 at 07:29
I was using sudo as it would say permission denied for some features. — user3550783, Dec 23 '16 at 07:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 05 '17 at 06:10

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When I had errors (possibly similar to yours) using sudo in Ubuntu Bash on Windows, I found that using sudo -S seemed to work.

edited Jan 05 '17 at 06:10

Tshilidzi Mudau

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