Description:
After some investigation into why I was locked out of sudo earlier, I noticed it seems to be related to clearing package cache via the CachyOS Hello app. Is this just me or can anyone else reproduce this?
Steps to reproduce:
- Open a terminal window.
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sudo -i - Verify you can obtain root.
- Launch CachyOS Hello app.
- Select Apps/Tweaks.
- Click “Clear package cache.”
- Observe multiple terminal (Alacritty in my case) windows open asking for password.
- Observe entering password just makes another terminal window pop up. (I didn’t test it past about 5 of those.)
- Give up and close all those terminal windows.
- Open a new terminal window.
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sudo -i - ERROR OCCURS: Observe sudo then password no longer grants root.
- Wait ~10 minutes for the sudo lockout timer to expire, or reboot.
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sudo -i - Observe sudo then password obtains root as normal.
- Repeat “Clear package cache” as above.
- ERROR OCCURS: locked out of sudo again.
Reproduces 100%.
I am up to date as of last night.
Bug report log: b79d708