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abc12345

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Registered: 2022-03-30

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sudo rejects correct password

Had this recurrent problem for a while. Sudo rejects password that is correct. Found some posts that reinstalling pam/pambase and restarting systemd-homed fixes this but it is not working (it may have worked once or twice a while ago but not now). I have just discovered it started working as expected today after a little time passed (before would just reboot). Is there a fix?

Last edited by abc12345 (2022-04-13 19:21:21)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: sudo rejects correct password

You're most likely running into https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Securi … n_attempts if you don't fail the PW yourself, then maybe some errant script running or so.

abc12345

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Registered: 2022-03-30

Posts: 57

Re: sudo rejects correct password

Thanks. It looks like there may have been a faillock file rw operation right around the time sudo started rejecting the right password.

Last edited by abc12345 (2022-04-13 20:08:10)