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pam has gone haywire

I suddonly have lost ability to log in as a regular user or use sudo

==> /var/log/errors.log <==
Apr  6 23:50:03 flatbush sudo[4638]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed

==> /var/log/auth.log <==
Apr  6 23:50:05 flatbush sudo[4643]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed
Apr  6 23:50:05 flatbush sudo[4643]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): auth could not identify password for [ruben]

==> /var/log/errors.log <==
Apr  6 23:50:05 flatbush sudo[4643]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed

==> /var/log/auth.log <==
Apr  6 23:50:07 flatbush sudo[4647]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed
Apr  6 23:50:07 flatbush sudo[4647]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): auth could not identify password for [ruben]


Evidently, that has to do with starting lxpanel.  When I rebooted, all is fine.

Re: pan has gone haywire

Reply #1 –
Sudo has security feature, that will lock system privileged commands for about 10-15 mins
or User have to reboot system

May be that is causing it
Create problems which don't have solution

Re: pam has gone haywire

Reply #3 –
I think the problem tracks to

usr/bin/cameratopam

sudo pacman -F cameratopam
world/netpbm 10.73.37-1 [installed]
    usr/bin/cameratopam