Repeat sudo code until proper password is entered
How would you repeat a sudo code (e.g sudo install app) until the correct password is entered?
command-line sudo
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How would you repeat a sudo code (e.g sudo install app) until the correct password is entered?
command-line sudo
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From a security perspective, this seems unwise.
– user535733
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How would you repeat a sudo code (e.g sudo install app) until the correct password is entered?
command-line sudo
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How would you repeat a sudo code (e.g sudo install app) until the correct password is entered?
command-line sudo
command-line sudo
edited Feb 2 at 6:14
heemayl
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asked Feb 2 at 5:49
ijndkgeoijndkgeo
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edited Feb 2 at 6:14
heemayl
67.7k10142214
asked Feb 2 at 5:49
ijndkgeoijndkgeo
153
edited Feb 2 at 6:14
heemayl
67.7k10142214
edited Feb 2 at 6:14
heemayl
67.7k10142214
edited Feb 2 at 6:14
heemayl
67.7k10142214
67.7k10142214
asked Feb 2 at 5:49
ijndkgeoijndkgeo
153
asked Feb 2 at 5:49
ijndkgeoijndkgeo
153
asked Feb 2 at 5:49
ijndkgeoijndkgeo
153
153
From a security perspective, this seems unwise.
– user535733
Feb 14 at 14:28
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From a security perspective, this seems unwise.
– user535733
Feb 14 at 14:28
From a security perspective, this seems unwise.
– user535733
Feb 14 at 14:28
From a security perspective, this seems unwise.
– user535733
Feb 14 at 14:28
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Unless you know what you're doing, you should not do this, especially in a multi-user environment, otherwise, you're just exposing yourself to brute-forcing.
If you know what you're doing, the sudoers option you're looking for is passwd_tries. From man 5 sudoers:
passwd_tries
The number of tries a user gets to enter his/her password before sudo logs the failure and exits. The default is 3.
So, you can set this to a higher value to meet your need e.g. in /etc/sudoers you can put:
Defaults passwd_tries=100
to have 100 attempts prompts.
As a side note, always use sudo visudo to open /etc/sudoers (to ensure sanity checks), don't open it in manually in editor.
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Unless you know what you're doing, you should not do this, especially in a multi-user environment, otherwise, you're just exposing yourself to brute-forcing.
If you know what you're doing, the sudoers option you're looking for is passwd_tries. From man 5 sudoers:
passwd_tries
The number of tries a user gets to enter his/her password before sudo logs the failure and exits. The default is 3.
So, you can set this to a higher value to meet your need e.g. in /etc/sudoers you can put:
Defaults passwd_tries=100
to have 100 attempts prompts.
As a side note, always use sudo visudo to open /etc/sudoers (to ensure sanity checks), don't open it in manually in editor.
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Unless you know what you're doing, you should not do this, especially in a multi-user environment, otherwise, you're just exposing yourself to brute-forcing.
If you know what you're doing, the sudoers option you're looking for is passwd_tries. From man 5 sudoers:
passwd_tries
The number of tries a user gets to enter his/her password before sudo logs the failure and exits. The default is 3.
So, you can set this to a higher value to meet your need e.g. in /etc/sudoers you can put:
Defaults passwd_tries=100
to have 100 attempts prompts.
As a side note, always use sudo visudo to open /etc/sudoers (to ensure sanity checks), don't open it in manually in editor.
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Unless you know what you're doing, you should not do this, especially in a multi-user environment, otherwise, you're just exposing yourself to brute-forcing.
If you know what you're doing, the sudoers option you're looking for is passwd_tries. From man 5 sudoers:
passwd_tries
The number of tries a user gets to enter his/her password before sudo logs the failure and exits. The default is 3.
So, you can set this to a higher value to meet your need e.g. in /etc/sudoers you can put:
Defaults passwd_tries=100
to have 100 attempts prompts.
As a side note, always use sudo visudo to open /etc/sudoers (to ensure sanity checks), don't open it in manually in editor.
answered Feb 2 at 6:12
heemaylheemayl
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Unless you know what you're doing, you should not do this, especially in a multi-user environment, otherwise, you're just exposing yourself to brute-forcing.
If you know what you're doing, the sudoers option you're looking for is passwd_tries. From man 5 sudoers:
passwd_tries
The number of tries a user gets to enter his/her password before sudo logs the failure and exits. The default is 3.
So, you can set this to a higher value to meet your need e.g. in /etc/sudoers you can put:
Defaults passwd_tries=100
to have 100 attempts prompts.
As a side note, always use sudo visudo to open /etc/sudoers (to ensure sanity checks), don't open it in manually in editor.
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From a security perspective, this seems unwise.
– user535733
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