Password changing somehow

[freggel.doe]

@Beckfestiguess

For some reason my sudo password just changed mid session

I’ve the strong suspicion that your password did not change but sudo doesn’t accept it.
There’ve been similar reports in the past, please use the forum search, see this one for example:

Password for sudo not working once in a while

Look into faillock and check if it’s been triggered somehow: $ faillock There have been sporadic reports in the past sometimes users triggered it themselves but failed to notice until faillock was mentioned failed ssh logins (using password) count sometimes fingerprint sensors interfere I remember a case where a specific program triggered the locking, but cannot find the thread atm edit: adjusted title as there is no “sudo user” and sudo requires current users password (unless explicit…