[SOLVED] Annoying problem with sudo

I tried googling this, but finding the correct search has eluded me.
Suddenly, sudo requires me to enter my password correctly three times (i.e. If I type correctly, I'm asked three times, if I get it wrong on the first go, it's four times and so on). This has only started in the past week.
Any ideas how to fix it?
TIA
Last edited by Roken (2014-03-17 19:07:11)

In fact, sudoers was the problem. I have no idea how (since I haven't touched it lately) but the timeout had got itself set to 363636363636363636363636363636363636363636363636363636363, which I'm guessing resolved to an immediate timeout.
Reset and all is good again
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