Hello everybody. In the terminal, when I type sudo pacman -Syu or any command involving sudo it says it’s wrong, but I’m pretty sure it’s correct. And occasionally when I restart my computer, it sometimes accepts the password that once said wrong … However, the password of su is accepted, only m…

[image] "Sorry, password authentication didn't work. Please try again." - After install GNOME When this happens and you’re logged in as root, check the failllock status for your $user: # faillock --user $user Possibly reset # faillock --user $user --reset and try login…

As a root, I did # faillock --user $my_user_name And it came faillock: No user name supplied. Usage: faillock [--dir /path/to/tally-directory] [--user username] [--reset] Then I tried # faillock --user $my_user_name --reset But it did nothing, just came back to root user

You’re supposed to replace $my_user_name with your actual user name.

yes, I did it # faillock --user $antojaro and then # faillock --user $antojaro --reset

And I rebooted de laptop, to see if something change, but the problem keeps.

You but not as root I guess? [image] madeiraantonio97: As a root, I did

Even after su, $USER remains the same.

Ok, now I get it. faillock --user antojaro Came antojaro: When Type Source Valid 2021-07-27 21:31:02 TTY V 2021-07-27 21:31:02 TTY …

"sudo" command is saying my password is wrong when it isn't

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freggel.doe 27 July 2021 19:53 2