Sudo command non owner var/lib/sudo/user1 (044777) should be 0700

Sudo command non owner var/lib/sudo/user1 (044777) should be 0700

When you  keep getting this error message by running the command in terminal ” sudo su “

Error Message – “sudo command nonowner var/lib/sudo/user1 (044777)  should be 0700”

Solution : -Open terminal and type sudo chmod -R 0700 /var/lib/sudo

That’s it

N.B.
I have tried this on Ubuntu 11.04 with latest updates and it worked