Help on the log entry

[akhir]

Hi guys
a newbie here.. install mint 20.2 couple of days ago using my old xp pc
only today manage to have a look at the logs

there are few entries under the important categories
checked and can see online that the issues are quite well discussed

however under one of the entries cannot find anybody else complaining:
sender: sudo
myusername: a password is required ; TTY=unknown ; PWD=/home/myusername ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/hddtemp -nq -u C /dev/sda
priority: 1

is this something i should be concerned of?

TIA for help

[Aztaroth]

Hello,
It's a security warning. You probably checked the automatic login at install and the system tells you there may be an issue because any one can have an access to your computer's files.

But if you're happy with it because you live in a dungeon or a fortress , you can skip this warning.

[akhir]

thanks Aztaroth
but i remember quite clearly i didnt enable autologin during the installation or at any other point
what should i do next ? any advice?

[Aztaroth]

thanks Aztaroth
but i remember quite clearly i didnt enable autologin during the installation or at any other point
what should i do next ? any advice?

You didn't mention if I was right to assume that your login is done automatically. Do you have to enter a password to login your session or not ?

If you don't have, you can restore login with password. As English's not my native language, translation below may not be totally accurate.

- Menu LM / Administration / Login Screen (I guess translation should be something like this)
- Enter password and select Users tab
- Tick the box at the end of the first line (translation should be something like Allow manual login).

From next boot on, you will be asked for selecting your login name (if many) and password.

[djph]

seems you ran the command sudo /sbin/hddtemp -nq -u C /dev/sda ; and the command was logged.

[Aztaroth]

seems you ran the command sudo /sbin/hddtemp -nq -u C /dev/sda ; and the command was logged.

I'm not sure of that because :
- the path is incorrect. To check sda's temperature it should be :

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sudo /usr/sbin/hddtemp -nq -u C /dev/sda

- on my system at least, not-found-commands are not logged at all and even if I brutally abort the sudo command above when password is requested by closing the Terminal I have :

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sept. 22 18:50:55 hp4770 sudo[3349]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): conversation failed
sept. 22 18:50:55 hp4770 sudo[3349]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): auth could not identify password for [aztaroth]

But I'm also learning, not making absolute statement.

[djph]

yeah, I'm not sure "where" the original question / log entry is coming from tbh. Looks like some kind of systemd "log".

[akhir]

thanks Aztaroth
but i remember quite clearly i didnt enable autologin during the installation or at any other point
what should i do next ? any advice?

You didn't mention if I was right to assume that your login is done automatically. Do you have to enter a password to login your session or not ?

If you don't have, you can restore login with password. As English's not my native language, translation below may not be totally accurate.

- Menu LM / Administration / Login Screen (I guess translation should be something like this)
- Enter password and select Users tab
- Tick the box at the end of the first line (translation should be something like Allow manual login).

From next boot on, you will be asked for selecting your login name (if many) and password.

yes i need to keyin password everytime.the login is not on auto,
anyway i think can live with that for time being
would be nice to have a clean log but i think i will move on to exploring other things
thanks guys for the input