sudo not working

loqs · 2018-04-29 15:19:39

Delete that broken /etc/environment symlink then reinstall the pam package. Any difference then?

shubhoRoy · 2018-04-29 15:28:44

Tried the steps, sadly no difference.

loqs · 2018-04-29 15:57:43

The output now of

pacman -Qkk pam

shubhoRoy · 2018-04-29 15:59:02

pam: 585 total files, 0 altered files

seth · 2018-04-29 16:31:59

So /etc/environment is a stale link - i'd fix that; no idea whether that's the cause, though.

civ0 · 2018-05-02 12:45:50

I had a simliar problem with Enigmail in Thunderbird. When I opened an encrypted message, nothing happened for a while and then it failed.

A bit of digging showed, that the current version of pinentry is was to blame. Pinentry was also updated by the OP and maybe the sudo password gets asked with this tool.

[2018-04-27 20:11] [ALPM] upgraded pinentry (1.1.0-1 -> 1.1.0-2)

I downgraded that package to the previous version and Enigmail works again for me.

EDIT: There are already to bug reports for that behaviour: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58368?p … g=pinentry https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58425?p … g=pinentry

Last edited by civ0 (2018-05-02 12:47:49)

shubhoRoy · 2018-05-02 14:22:11

seth wrote:

So /etc/environment is a stale link - i'd fix that; no idea whether that's the cause, though.

Could you please elaborate as to what you mean about fixing it?

seth · 2018-05-02 14:24:41

Replace it with a regular file? In doubt the one from the package.

Edit: sorry, I completely missed your interim discussion w/ loqs.

Last edited by seth (2018-05-02 14:32:32)

CPlusPandaGives · 2018-06-06 13:26:46

The links to the bugs mentioned by civ0 show that the bug(s) have been fixed. Have you tried upgrading your system again?

EDIT: Assuming that you still have the problem since it has been around a month since you last posted on this topic

Last edited by CPlusPandaGives (2018-06-06 13:27:15)

shubhoRoy · 2018-06-10 10:05:13

I did an update today. yet I am getting the same problem.
I am still using root to do all sudo related work. It is really frustrating.

seth · 2018-06-10 10:12:35

pacman -Qkk sudo
which sudo
stat `which sudo`
cat /etc/pacman.conf

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