sudo: unable to stat /etc/sudoers: Permission denied

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Issue

  • Observed below error with command /usr/bin/sudo -l
sudo: unable to stat /etc/sudoers: Permission denied
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

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