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Sudo rejects correct password [solved]


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As the title says even when the correct password is entered sudo rejects it. I have been to the sudo website and had a look at the faq and sure enough the question has been asked. The answer is that the 'config.h' maybe missing a definition. Now here is the problem, I don't have a 'config.h' for sudo. The only config.h's are for my own c programs. Anybody able to help this gray haired old fogey out please?

Thank You in advance.

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Are you sure that /etc/sudoers has been configured correctly? Is your user listed in here? Did you grant all actions, or just some? If not, this could explain why.

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Thank you Ian. The dope that I am I misinterpreted what I was supposed to do. I just had the brainwave of adding my normal login name to the sudoers file and lo and behold it now works. What I was doing was entering my root password. I did try my normal login password but got a very curt reply that I was to be reported to the authorities. :o Thank you for the reply and you were correct,.

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