sudo takes long time to prompt password

Asked Oct 05 '21 at 12:33

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I am facing little issue in sudo command. Whatever I try with sudo command it takes huge time to prompt password.

can anyone please tell me what might be the case. commands like

sudo apt-get update
sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl start redis

asked Oct 05 '21 at 12:33

abinas patra

Define "huge time". – ChanganAuto Oct 05 '21 at 12:34
password prompt used to come in 1ms, now it's taking approximately 10 seconds. I don't know the exact time, it's taking. – abinas patra Oct 05 '21 at 12:37
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LOL 10 secs is a huge time. – David Oct 05 '21 at 12:42
haha, but is there any way to know this, why it's taking little time. – abinas patra Oct 05 '21 at 12:48
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It *may* be related to hostname resolution - see for example [Terminal command with sudo takes a long time](https://askubuntu.com/questions/322514/terminal-command-with-sudo-takes-a-long-time). Have you made any changes to hostname / hosts / nsswitch? – steeldriver Oct 05 '21 at 12:49
no, I haven't done any change. – abinas patra Oct 05 '21 at 12:51
@abinaspatra Maybe your DNS server(s) did stop working? – raj Oct 05 '21 at 13:19

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