howdy: Fedora 35 - wont authenicate
I’ve setup howdy and running sudo/logging in (from anywhere) won’t work.
I’m using gnome 41 fedora 35 beta.
I’m pretty sure Howdy doesn’t have permissions, but fedora doesn’t have the ‘auth’ command, so the fix from the arch wiki will not work.
I gave it 755 through chmod (/lib64/security/howdy/)
My webcam’s led doesn’t even turn on, unless I’m adding a face or running sudo howdy test
I’ve searched for similar issues already, and my issue has not been reported yet. (or I just can’t find it.)
Linux distribution (if applicable): fedora 35
Howdy version (sudo howdy version): 2.6.0
About this issue
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- State: closed
- Created 3 years ago
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- Comments: 17 (2 by maintainers)
I found something that worked for me!
In the arch wiki, it tells us to to insert
auth sufficient pam_python.so /lib/security/howdy/pam.pyinto /etc/pam.d/sudo.However, /lib doesn’t exist in Fedora as it has been replaced with /lib64. So, all you need to do is change up the path a little bit.
TL;DR: Insert
auth sufficient pam_python.so /lib64/security/howdy/pam.pyinto the second line of /etc/pam.d/sudoSimilar problem here.
With just install, unable to get howdy over password (lockscreen or sudo), I’m on Fedora so no
authcmdMy
/etc/pam.d/sudolook like this after I manually added the auth linebut with that auth line, when I try
sudo -iit output thisCamera led do not turn on, and it display the fails msgs instantly
PS: use
pkexecto use root, if like me, you were unable to edit the file again because sudo wasn’t working (lol)