[sudo-users] Sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line -1

[Todd C. Miller]

On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 16:13:28 -0000, "Eugene J. Pate" wrote:

> Hi guys I'm receiving the following error on an AIX server, can someone help?
> 
> Sudo su - oracle
> "Sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers near line -1"

You should try running visudo as root.  Chances are there is a
syntax error on the first line.  If you just want to check
the syntax you can run:

# visudo -c

 - todd