when running under gnome: sudo: can't set runas group vector: Operation not permitted

[Craig Sawyer]

Binary package hint: sudo

just upgraded from 8.04 to 10.04 and now under gnome or kde running sudo from an application or a terminal results in the following error:

craig@piccard ~ % sudo w
sudo: can't set runas group vector: Operation not permitted

what I expected to happen is see a list of users. (I only use w as an example, any command seems to fail). my

if I ssh in from remote then sudo works just fine, i.e. this only happens while running under gnome (or kde).

sudo:
  Installed: 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5

ubuntu-desktop:
  Installed: 1.197

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: sudo 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-server 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 1 10:20:39 2010
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: sudo
Sudoers: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', '/bin/cat', '/etc/sudoers'] failed with exit code 1:
VisudoCheck: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', '/usr/sbin/visudo', '-c'] failed with exit code 1:

[dino99 (9d9)]

Closing that outdated report as EOL has been reached long time ago