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  1. Bug #43233
  2. Comment #33

Comment 33 for bug 43233

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Richard (rd1) wrote :

I had this just now, on Xubuntu Feisty, and it took a little time to find a workaround, since sudo -K didn't help at all, and so I couldn't do anything as root. I found an article in the Absolute Beginners' Forum (yes, this is a usability issue) and posted my experiences and workaround at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3385517#post3385517 - this really does need fixing, as it was only the CMOS clock that was wrong, not the system clock.

Why is sudo dependent on the CMOS clock at all? Normally I'd expect this to be read on boot and written on shutdown, and never used apart from that.

I generally like the idea of sudo'ing, but I've now created a root password just in case.