Reply To: How to By Pass Permission Denied Error in FTP Programs

[labelwhore]

that shouldn’t happen. try this to fix it:

sudo chmod -R /usr/bin

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18607003/sudo-effective-uid-is-not-0-is-sudo-installed-setuid-root

If that doesn’t work, somebody more experienced with the ins and outs of Linux will have to chime in. Basically, your permissions are hosed and need to be straightened out. I’m pretty new to this stuff and haven’t come across an issue with sudo not working on my end yet.