"Error" after password insert at login or in sudo command

have you tried changing your password to see if it will resolve the problem?

passwd luca

Yes, I have...
i try to create a new account too.

Luca please try to type:

sudo -i

(if the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

and please report errors here...

Thank you

I think that is not rigth, btw this is the report:

luca@luca-laptop:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for luca:
Error
root@luca-laptop:~#

no more informations....:°°°°

a question to help your search:

do you have any "stange" characters in you password?!?

can you try with a simple password, e.g. a simple word...
(do not forget to set it back to a strong password afterwards)

does this help you both on your search?!?

no strange* characters in my pwd...bty i try to change it and the results is the same!!!

i dont have the problem with kdesudo, but when i'm logging with kde4 at startup, the problem exist... and exist with su - and su. (other one to try???)
any idea???

tnx

no strange* characters in my pwd...bty i try to change it and the results is the same!!!

i dont have the problem with kdesudo, but when i'm logging with kde4 at startup, the problem exist... and exist with su - and su. (other one to try???)
any idea???

tnx

Luca,

i will try to look wheter there is a mistake on or in your password-file,
please reply the output of these commands (done in a terminal window):

   ls -l /etc/passw* /etc/shado*

   cat /etc/passwd | tail -12

showing us what rights are on the password files,
and giving us the info of the last lines of that file.
Perhaps that gives us a clue where the error comes from....

luca@luca-laptop:~$ ls -l /etc/passw* /etc/shado*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1654 2008-12-18 12:29 /etc/passwd
-rw------- 1 root root 1753 2008-11-07 14:09 /etc/passwd-
-rw------- 1 root root 1654 2008-12-18 12:29 /etc/passwd.bak
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow 1058 2008-12-18 12:29 /etc/shadow
-rw------- 1 root root 1140 2008-11-07 14:09 /etc/shadow-
-rw------- 1 root root 1058 2008-12-18 12:29 /etc/shadow.bak

and the other command:

luca@luca-laptop:~$ cat /etc/passwd | tail -12
avahi-autoipd:x:105:113:Avahi autoip daemon:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false
gdm:x:106:114:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false
messagebus:x:108:119::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
avahi:x:109:120:Avahi mDNS daemon:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
polkituser:x:110:122:PolicyKit:/var/run/PolicyKit:/bin/false
haldaemon:x:111:123:Hardware abstraction layer:/var/run/hald:/bin/false
luca:x:1000:1000:Luca Altomare:/home/luca:/bin/bash
pulse:x:107:116:PulseAudio daemon:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false
mysql:x:112:126:MySQL Server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false
landscape:x:113:65534:Landscape Client Daemon:/var/lib/landscape:/bin/false
Debian-exim:x:114:128::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false
ntp:x:115:129::/home/ntp:/bin/false

Thank u!

Luca,

i hoped to find the solution here, but nothings strange...

.1.
next one will first give your know error, but nevertheless enter the command in a terminal window:

   sudo cat /etc/sudoers

at the end of the file there must be lines just like these 4:
# User privileges specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Members of the admin group may gain
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

.2.
i assume this also is OK; further search
next things to be checked in a terminal window:

   cat /etc/group | grep adm

gives 3 (or more) lines output, check that there is a line stating something like
admin:x:115:luca
saying that you are allowed in kwd to enter admin-mode...

find out the NUMBER on the line i mentioned above (my example 115) and fill in YOUR-NUMBER on this next command; so "grep 115" is going to be grep XxX ... (it is ONE large line, here split into e few...)

   echo ` cat /etc/group | grep admin |
   grep 115 `xx

this must give a line like
admin:x:115:lucaxx
with NO space between luca and xx

.3.
probably this also is OK; so here is the third test:
leave the terminal window open, and enter these 2 commands; the first is giving the error, the second searching in a logfile:

   sudo cat /etc/sudoers
   dmesg | tail

paste the output of the terminal screen here;
hope i will find something in this log...
(we will keep trying)

OK...the firts 2 commans that's all right...
This is the output:

luca@luca-laptop:~$ sudo cat /etc/sudoers
[sudo] password for luca:
Error
# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

Defaults env_reset

# Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to not need a password
# %sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

luca@luca-laptop:~$ cat /etc/group | grep adm
adm:x:4:luca
lpadmin:x:109:luca
admin:x:115:luca

luca@luca-laptop:~$ echo ` cat /etc/group | grep admin | grep 115 `xx
admin:x:115:lucaxx

THE output of dmesg is here:

luca@luca-laptop:~$ dmesg | tail
[ 1578.296338] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
[ 1578.296344] domain 0: span 0-1 level MC
[ 1578.296350] groups: 1 0
[ 1586.068125] usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 1586.222872] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1586.326784] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 1586.339721] input: HID 062a:0000 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/input/input8
[ 1586.344292] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [HID 062a:0000] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2
[ 1586.344347] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1586.344360] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
luca@luca-laptop:~$

NOW, i'm waiting for ur solution (hope so!!!)

Tnx!

Luca,

the files passwd, shadow, sudoers all seem OK to me; no spaces where they do not belong...

the mesg-command does not give a clue about the problem...

your password itself is not generating it...

i am searching my brains for an other clue... but no ones comes up; i will stay thinking,
so i ask all other linux-lovers:

!!! Pleas HELP Luca with this strange error !!!

Guys, anyone a tip ?!?

Luca,

the files passwd, shadow, sudoers all seem OK to me; no spaces where they do not belong...

the mesg-command does not give a clue about the problem...

your password itself is not generating it...

i am searching my brains for an other clue... but no ones comes up; i will stay thinking,
so i ask all other linux-lovers:

!!! Please HELP Luca with this strange error !!!

Guys, anyone a tip ?!?

tnx menting!!!

I thougth if if i can solve with a downgrade to hardy and then a new upgrade...but i don't know how i can!!
or i can up to jaunty!!!but i need a stable version!!!

Luca,

the builders are really trying to build only good stuff; most garantee is given at the so called LTS-versions, that are versions coming out every 2 year and supported for (at least 3 years);
e.g. i am using Xubuntu-06.06.1 (june 2006) that will have active support from Ubuntu till ate least june this year; perhaps at this location support by individuals like me are given a longer time.

Me myself, i do not have experience with 08.10 (Intrepid or 09.?? Jaunty)...

A work around for you: if you do not have MANY files that you must save, then act thus:
.1.
put files you want to save to an USB-memory-stick (or burn them on a CD-rom)
.2.
TEST whether you can READ the files you just copied; pitty if you can not and see that when it is too late ... :(
.3.
choose which flavour you want to install
(Ubuntu = Gnome desktop)
(Kubuntu = KDE desktop)
(Xubuntu = XFCE desktop, tiny and quick)
.4.
i would go for a LTS-version, so in this case for *buntu-08.04.1-LTS;
download the installation-ISO file
.5.
burn it AS-ISO to a CD-rom, this becomes a bootable one
.6.
boot from this CD-rom, choose installation,
leave partitioning as it is, but
FORMAT as well the SWAP-partition as the Ubuntu-partition
.7.
create users, printers, etc.
and copy files from USB-stick/CD-rom back to the home-directorie(s)

Your version 08.04 will be supported and upgraded until at least spring 2011 !
Can you live with this solution?!?

which files i have to save?? if i copy my HOME, then i can find all my installed program??

thank u!