On Friday, 12 April 2024 at 10:10 (+0200), Martin Rys wrote:
Are you sure you're not just hitting the new(old at this point) idiotic
default of always failing after X failed attempts in Y time? That would
mean you mistyped the password a few times, but afterwards it would not
matter even if you typed it correctly.
Rebooting will get you out of the timelock
FYI, the "idiotic default" may feel less annoying when you use the
documented solution:
$ faillock --reset
as your user will reset the counter. So, if you make some mistypes while
invoking sudo, you can unlock use of your password instantly from the
same shell where you messed up.
On the other hand, if you're locked out while logging in, before you
have access to a shell, then running
# faillock --reset --user [your username]
as root will do the same. Note that by default root has no fail lock, so
this solution should always be possible.
I hope this saves you a few reboots.
Best,
Jaron
