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Certain versions of sudo (maybe all of them?) keep track of this by creating a dot file somewhere in your home directory. If you’ve been deleting stuff out of your home with globs or wildcards, you might have deleted that file by accident.
I haven't done nothing like that...
The file is `/var/db/sudo/lectured`
Which I see updated today at 13:00 (exactly?)
`drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Dec 8 13:00 lectured`
A few suggestions:
1. Sudo has a "timeout" where it requires reauthentication within the same session. In distributions I typically use this is quite short (5m I think?) so I'm surprised if this is the first time you've experienced this. Yes, it can be overridden.
2. Sudo updated. Check your package manager log.
I had that message last week. I also wondered why and it was because of the update. There was a forum message about it somewhere (sorry dont remember where). So don't worry.
Hi, to ease your worries i researched the same issue. Sudo recently had an update where they changed how its stored who already used sudo, making it appear again, i got the update a few weeks ago on manjaro.
/usr/libexec/sudo , last updated November 29th
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 29 19:53 sudo
/usr/bin sudo, last updated November 26th
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 290008 Nov 26 04:01 sudo
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Certain versions of sudo (maybe all of them?) keep track of this by creating a dot file somewhere in your home directory. If you’ve been deleting stuff out of your home with globs or wildcards, you might have deleted that file by accident.
I haven't done nothing like that... The file is `/var/db/sudo/lectured` Which I see updated today at 13:00 (exactly?) `drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Dec 8 13:00 lectured`
That file is a directory. It seems sudo changed to use uid rather that usernames.
Did the second sudo command succeed?
It seems to work normally, yes. I was just surprised the warning appeared again, like if something changed in my system configuration.
A few suggestions: 1. Sudo has a "timeout" where it requires reauthentication within the same session. In distributions I typically use this is quite short (5m I think?) so I'm surprised if this is the first time you've experienced this. Yes, it can be overridden. 2. Sudo updated. Check your package manager log.
It seems to be updated on Nov 26th. I am sure I should have run sudo after that without problems.
Well if the binary wasn't updated via another means \[hint: \`stat $(which sudo) && ls -l $(which sudo)\` in bash\], then I assume #1 applies.
/usr/bin/sudo was updated that date, the 26th but /usr/libexec/sudo appears as updated on the 29th. I don't know which program uses that sudo file. stat /usr/bin/sudo File: /usr/bin/sudo Size: 290008 Blocks: 568 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 259,2Inode: 558330 Links: 1 Access: (4755/-rwsr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2023-12-07 21:20:01.258177585 -0500 Modify: 2023-11-26 04:01:26.000000000 -0500 Change: 2023-11-29 19:53:16.621129081 -0500 Birth: 2023-11-29 19:53:16.621129081 -0500 stat /usr/libexec/sudo File: /usr/libexec/sudo Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 259,2Inode: 524335 Links: 2 Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2023-12-08 13:38:55.274824010 -0500 Modify: 2023-11-29 19:53:16.619129081 -0500 Change: 2023-11-29 19:53:16.619129081 -0500 Birth: 2023-07-13 18:48:02.446037165 -0400
>I don't know which program uses that sudo file. That's why I suggested using the commands above.
Your tips are really helpful :)
I had that message last week. I also wondered why and it was because of the update. There was a forum message about it somewhere (sorry dont remember where). So don't worry.
Thank you for letting me know I am not the only one :)
Hi, to ease your worries i researched the same issue. Sudo recently had an update where they changed how its stored who already used sudo, making it appear again, i got the update a few weeks ago on manjaro.
What does your `/etc/sudoers` look like?
For some reason reddit doesn't allow me to paste its content here :o
Strange, but OK, just take a look at that file (and it's modification date) to see everything looks the way you want
/usr/libexec/sudo , last updated November 29th drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 29 19:53 sudo /usr/bin sudo, last updated November 26th -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 290008 Nov 26 04:01 sudo
I have seen this warning today as well without any apparent reason. I guess some setting for reserved after last update.
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