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Sudo giving error after installing homebrew and Laravel Valet

I had just installed homebrew and afterwards I installed Laravel Valet.
I am now not able to run any sudo commands at all, and it basically broke my computer.

This is the errors I get when running sudo in terminal

>>> /etc/sudoers.d/brew: Alias `BREW' already defined near line 1 <<<
>>> /etc/sudoers.d/valet: Alias `VALET' already defined near line 1 <<<
sudo: parse error in /etc/sudoers.d/brew near line 1
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting

Any help appreciated

This is my sudoer for /etc/sudoers.d/brew:

Cmnd_Alias BREW = /usr/local/bin/brew *
%admin ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: BREW

And this is my sudoer for /etc/sudoers.d/valet:

Cmnd_Alias VALET = /usr/local/bin/valet *
%admin ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: VALET
Solution

  • The problem seems when trying to disable password requirement for group admin or users brew and valet. Try to change each sudoers.d file to something as :

    Cmnd_Alias BREW = /usr/local/bin/brew *
brew ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

    or in a general way, as inside admin group

    Cmnd_Alias BREW = /usr/local/bin/brew *
%admin ALL=NOPASSWD: BREW