This is what happens when I try :
sudo gedit [sudo] password for casper: Sorry, try again. My username is casper.
I seem to be in the sudo group :
id | grep sudo uid=1000(casper) gid=1000(casper) groups=1000(casper),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),116(lpadmin),12 6(sambashare) Auth log looks like this :
tail /var/log/auth.log May 16 18:39:18 casper-pc pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) May 16 18:39:18 casper-pc pkexec[2426]: casper: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/casper] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/update-notifier/package- system-locked] May 16 18:42:16 casper-pc pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) May 16 18:42:16 casper-pc pkexec[5463]: casper: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/casper] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/update-notifier/package- system-locked] May 16 18:45:16 casper-pc pkexec: pam_unix(polkit-1:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) May 16 18:45:16 casper-pc pkexec[7356]: casper: Executing command [USER=root] [TTY=unknown] [CWD=/home/casper] [COMMAND=/usr/lib/update-notifier/package- system-locked] May 16 18:46:55 casper-pc sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/0 ruser=casper rhost= user=casper May 16 18:47:00 casper-pc sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed May 16 18:47:00 casper-pc sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): auth could not identify password for [casper] May 16 18:47:00 casper-pc sudo: casper : 1 incorrect password attempt ; TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/casper ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/gedit Could someone please help me restore sudo? Thank you in advance.
1 Answer
The problem is your sudo package.
You will surely have to remove the sudo package and reinstall it using the synaptic package manager.
Hope this can be helpful for you.
NB: Corrected using OP's comment.
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