Getting Error while installing java in Linux system

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When I am installing Java 8 on linux system ,Iam getting below error- sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root? Please help in this. Below is the sudoer file of system.Please help.

/>mv /usr/lib/java-1.8.0/jdk1.8.0_161 /usr/lib/java />sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jdk1.8.0_161/bin/java" 1 sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root? />ls -l $(which sudo) -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 123832 Oct 15 2014 /usr/bin/sudo />chmod u+s /usr/bin/sudo chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/bin/sudo': Operation not permitted />

 />mv /usr/lib/java-1.8.0/jdk1.8.0_161 /usr/lib/java
    />sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jdk1.8.0_161/bin/java" 1
    sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?
    />ls -l $(which sudo)
    -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 123832 Oct 15  2014 /usr/bin/sudo
    />chmod u+s /usr/bin/sudo
    chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/bin/sudo': Operation not permitted
    />
Sudoer File
## Sudoers allows particular users to run various commands as
## the root user, without needing the root password.
##
## Examples are provided at the bottom of the file for collections
## of related commands, which can then be delegated out to particular
## users or groups.
##
## This file must be edited with the 'visudo' command.

## Host Aliases
## Groups of machines. You may prefer to use hostnames (perhaps using
## wildcards for entire domains) or IP addresses instead.
# Host_Alias     FILESERVERS = fs1, fs2
# Host_Alias     MAILSERVERS = smtp, smtp2

## User Aliases
## These aren't often necessary, as you can use regular groups
## (ie, from files, LDAP, NIS, etc) in this file - just use %groupname
## rather than USERALIAS
# User_Alias ADMINS = jsmith, mikem


## Command Aliases
## These are groups of related commands...

## Networking
# Cmnd_Alias NETWORKING = /sbin/route, /sbin/ifconfig, /bin/ping, /sbin/dhclient, /usr/bin/net, /sbin/iptables, /usr/bin/rfcomm, /usr/bin/wvdial, /sbin/iwconfig, /sbin/mii-tool

## Installation and management of software
# Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE = /bin/rpm, /usr/bin/up2date, /usr/bin/yum

## Services
# Cmnd_Alias SERVICES = /sbin/service, /sbin/chkconfig

## Updating the locate database
# Cmnd_Alias LOCATE = /usr/bin/updatedb

## Storage
# Cmnd_Alias STORAGE = /sbin/fdisk, /sbin/sfdisk, /sbin/parted, /sbin/partprobe, /bin/mount, /bin/umount

## Delegating permissions
# Cmnd_Alias DELEGATING = /usr/sbin/visudo, /bin/chown, /bin/chmod, /bin/chgrp

## Processes
# Cmnd_Alias PROCESSES = /bin/nice, /bin/kill, /usr/bin/kill, /usr/bin/killall

## Drivers
# Cmnd_Alias DRIVERS = /sbin/modprobe

# Defaults specification

#
# Disable "ssh hostname sudo <cmd>", because it will show the password in clear.
#         You have to run "ssh -t hostname sudo <cmd>".
#
Defaults    requiretty

#
# Refuse to run if unable to disable echo on the tty. This setting should also be
# changed in order to be able to use sudo without a tty. See requiretty above.
#
Defaults   !visiblepw

#
# Preserving HOME has security implications since many programs
# use it when searching for configuration files. Note that HOME
# is already set when the the env_reset option is enabled, so
# this option is only effective for configurations where either
# env_reset is disabled or HOME is present in the env_keep list.
#
Defaults    always_set_home

Defaults    env_reset
Defaults    env_keep =  "COLORS DISPLAY HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC KDEDIR LS_COLORS"
Defaults    env_keep += "MAIL PS1 PS2 QTDIR USERNAME LANG LC_ADDRESS LC_CTYPE"
Defaults    env_keep += "LC_COLLATE LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES"
Defaults    env_keep += "LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER LC_TELEPHONE"
Defaults    env_keep += "LC_TIME LC_ALL LANGUAGE LINGUAS _XKB_CHARSET XAUTHORITY"

#
# Adding HOME to env_keep may enable a user to run unrestricted
# commands via sudo.
#
# Defaults   env_keep += "HOME"

Defaults    secure_path = /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

## Next comes the main part: which users can run what software on
## which machines (the sudoers file can be shared between multiple
## systems).
## Syntax:
##
##      user    MACHINE=COMMANDS
##
## The COMMANDS section may have other options added to it.
##
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL

## Allows members of the 'sys' group to run networking, software,
## service management apps and more.
# %sys ALL = NETWORKING, SOFTWARE, SERVICES, STORAGE, DELEGATING, PROCESSES, LOCATE, DRIVERS
## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       ALL

## Same thing without a password
# %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL

## Allows members of the users group to mount and unmount the
## cdrom as root
# %users  ALL=/sbin/mount /mnt/cdrom, /sbin/umount /mnt/cdrom

## Allows members of the users group to shutdown this system
# %users  localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now

## Read drop-in files from /etc/sudoers.d (the # here does not mean a comment)
#includedir /etc/sudoers.d
Type  :quit<Enter>  to exit Vim

it looks like you do not have the permission to do this operation via sudo can show us your sudoers file? or can you just su - root? sudo su - root? And do your installation? — Allan
– Allan, Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 6:45
I have added the sudoer file above and when running sudo su - root getting the same error- />su -root su: invalid option -- 'r' Try `su --help' for more information. />sudo su -root sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root? — shailesh yadav
– shailesh yadav, Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 7:15
/>su - Password: su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted /> — shailesh yadav
– shailesh yadav, Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 8:14

Lars Gendner · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-23 15:31:23Z

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Your sudo permissions look suspicious to me:

-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 123832 Oct 15  2014 /usr/bin/sudo

Basically that means, anyone can write to it. To me this looks like a vulnerability. I observed file permissions for the sudo executable like the following:

-rwsr-xr-x (MacOS)
-r-s--x--x (FreeBSD)
---s--x--x. (CentOS 7)

Are you sure your system is intact and not compromised?

To change the file permissions on your sudo, I guess you have to login as root (use the su command and your root password) like so:

su root -c chmod u+s /usr/bin/sudo

But this only cures the symptom, you should check your system.

answered Mar 23, 2018 at 15:31

Lars Gendner

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