[sudo-users] Bizarre sudo behavior - password authentication

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at courtesan.com
Tue Aug 26 10:06:46 EDT 2008


In message <0D2B277DB445634E85FFD372FE7B17562DA834C81E at AMWPVEX01.kci.com>
	so spake "Wood, Mike" (Mike.Wood):

> We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
> Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
> 
>     #1) Respect the privacy of others.
>     #2) Think before you type.
>     #3) With great power comes great responsibility.
> 
> Sorry, try again.
> Sorry, try again.
> Sorry, try again.
> sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts

This is almost certainly a PAM configuration problem.
Check your /etc/pam.d/sudo file.

 - todd



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