sudo command doesn't accept my password

Zeromsu · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2012 Posts: 14

Hello,

I have installed my first Gentoo system ca. one year ago but in case of time I could adapt it only fitful.
To simplify working on it I decided to install the sudo package, so I don't have to switch between the GUI and the root shell.
If I run

disi · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:18 pm Post subject:

Sounds like you are not mentioned in /etc/sudoers

Make sure you are in 'wheel', if not (as root):

GES

Zeromsu · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2012 Posts: 14

Thanks for quick response :wink:

khayyam · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject:

Zeromsu ...

in the console your probably starting a new shell, whereas the X11 session is the child of a process started before your user was modified, and so its probably simply a matter of restarting your session/login.

best ... khay

Zeromsu · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2012 Posts: 14

khay...
I restarted my hole computer (therefore also the X-server) after I added me to the wheel group... and nevertheless sudo in the Xfce-terminal doesn't accept my password.

khayyam · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:00 pm Post subject:

Zeromsu ...

I see ... does 'groups' show your user being in the wheel group? Your shell should essencially provide the same enviroment whether using console or some terminal application, so its a little baffling it works for one and not the other.

Anyhow, other than checking with 'groups' there is nothing I can suggest, sorry.

best ... khay

Logicien · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject:

You can specify that the members of the wheel group do not have to give a password to execute a command in /etc/sudoers with the visudo command:

Apheus · Guru Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 422

What do the logs say, after a failed sudo attempt:

Zeromsu · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2012 Posts: 14

Thanks anyway khay

I tested "groups" command in the normal terminal as user and in the Xfce-terminal: The same output, wheel in both.

Zeromsu · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2012 Posts: 14

O.K. a

khayyam · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject:

Zeromsu · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2012 Posts: 14

O.K. the uevents-error is gone - I don't know why, I have nothing changed. The keyboard works also fine now. I've checked the /etc/conf.d/keymaps but can't find any mistake. I have emerged an other terminal, too, but it's the same thing... sudo doesn't accept my password.
The old and the new terminal are both emerged. Could it be that portage has linked the terminals a wrong way or anything like this??? Maybe I've setup something wrong...

Is there another possibility to check the password in the Xfce-terminel (without "sudo" or "su")???
Does the Xfce-terminel check my password if correct or does it send the password to another program, which checks it and tells if correct? Maybe I have inadvertently changed the "word" which the Xfce-terminal uses to check the typed password. Or is it in the same file the console uses? (Know what I trying to say?)

russellD · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:36 am Post subject:

I got this happen today and although this is a necropost, it is on topic and has an effective solution to this:

Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21593

Did you mean emerge --oneshot sys-auth/pambase? As given, your command adds pambase to the user's world file, which is likely not desirable. Moreover, there is no harm in building binary packages or in fetching as user, so removing those FEATURES is unnecessary. However, there may be harm in not reversing the changes of step 1 once the rebuild is complete.

geol · n00b Joined: 18 Dec 2018 Posts: 11

Hi I encountered the same thing and got exhausted looking for solutions. Is there any update?

Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21593

The post to which I replied 5 years ago had a proposed solution. If you still have problems, I suggest you open a new thread and provide the required debugging logs.