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What happens if you enter the wrong password in Sudo?
Save the file and close it. Run a command with sudo and enter the wrong password, then observe how insults option works: Note: When you configure the insults parameter, it disables the badpass_message parameter which prints a specific message on the command line (the default message is “sorry, try again”) in case a user enters a wrong password.
How to extend the sudo password timeout in Linux?
The default inactivity timeout is usually 5 minutes before Linux will prompt for your sudo password again. You can extend this timeout by editing the sudoers file. The visudo command opens an editor and points it to the sudoers file (Ubuntu defaults to nano, other systems use Vi)
How to display Sudo password in Ubuntu terminal?
It takes some seconds to display [sudo] password for I’m using Dell XPS developer edition (i7,8G RAM) with Ubuntu 13.04 64bit. Hi I found this answer on another question – The problem is if your hostname is not in your hosts file. basically, type “hostname” in your terminal. That will tell you what your hostname is.
Is it safe to eliminate the delay on Sudo?
While it is safe to eliminate the delay on sudo, because that is logged, only used by local users, and bypassable by local attackers anyway, you probably don’t want to eliminate this delay for remote logins. You can of course fix it by writing a custom sudo that doesn’t just include the shared system-auth files.
When was the last time Sudo worked on my computer?
The last time I tried sudo was in Snow Leopard and it worked fine. My current install was clean in Lion and then upgraded to 10.8 so there shouldn’t be anything hanging around from the old 10.6 install. Any suggestions as to how I can get my password to work would be appreciated.
Is there a way to test Sudo LS?
Open a new terminal and test with sudo ls. This worked for me anyway. I was locked out of my account for 8 minutes because of fails, but I think this reset that timer. Anyway you might need to wait a few minutes or type ‘man passwd and look up how to unlock the user from the alt-ctrl-f2` root account.
Do you need a root account to use sudo?
‘sudo’ does not need an enabled root account. root can remain disabled. Hi Bob, thanks for looking. Yes I’ve done the whole password reset thing, both within System Prefs and also from the Recovery Disk utility and yes I am using the correct password for the logged in account.
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