# Got this authenticate loop trying to dump a screenshot **URL:** \ **Category:** Screenshots\ **Created:** [July 31, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556 "2023-07-31T15:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![r0to00](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/r0to00/32/2764_2.png) [@r0to00](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/r0to00)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/1 "2023-07-31T15:56:26Z")
![image](https://forum.elivelinux.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6a82b3c7b8c6c4fd32f09a4e47860b0c56421e6e.jpeg) .. anyway it's a loop and i fell for it twice now i think the hacker tried to log into the tower which has a different password because i got an error message loop on it now. i really should clonezilla more.. get back to square one faster instead of doing a re-install. hope your day is going good. please ---
**Author:** ![r0to00](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/r0to00/32/2764_2.png) [@r0to00](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/r0to00)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/2 "2023-07-31T15:57:40Z")
wow ok i'm amazed that that worked.. sorta heart attack city today.. was pretty sure i'd lose facebook again.. but luck of the irish maybe. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![linux23dragon](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/linux23dragon/32/2785_2.png) [@linux23dragon](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/linux23dragon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/3 "2023-08-01T09:36:18Z")
I got the same issue. I think the installer is broken or something. ---
**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/4 "2023-08-01T23:53:03Z")
It is very unlikely this is an attack, It should be basically the system needing to do some administrative tasks, unfortunately these windows doesn't tells "what is trying to run" but you can still see that yourself running commands like "sudo ps aux" or "sudo pstree". This can especially happen if you selected to **not** give (automated) sudo permissions to your user, so it is asking the password to run something @linux23dragon mentions that has seen this recently too... I wonder if it has been caused by the recent (big) changes that were introduced in elive-upgrader (so, since the new "boot impermutable" feature added) 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![TheTechRobo](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thetechrobo/32/3394_2.png) [@TheTechRobo](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/TheTechRobo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/5 "2023-08-02T00:28:43Z")
Isn't this what the setuid bit (`chmod +s`) is for? (For those who don't know, the setuid bit basically means "run this program as whatever user owns it".) That way, you can `chmod +s` automated processes that need root, make sure they're owned by root, and then they'll just... run as root. ---
**Author:** ![triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/triantares/32/2550_2.png) [@triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/triantares)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/6 "2023-08-02T05:02:46Z")
> [@Thanatermesis](#): > > unfortunately these windows doesn't tells "what is trying to run" They sometimes do when you click on 'details' but 'ps aux' will suffice too. 😉 > [@Thanatermesis](#): > > since the new "boot impermutable" feature added It could be. On another machine I upgraded I noted that "gksu" popped up but simply took for granted, it needed "sudo" for "update-grub" .... but it shows up again when rebooting ~~in impermutable mode~~ : It's 'elive-upgrader-tool' that wants sudo, now [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZkyT6HQ.jpg)](https://i.imgur.com/ZkyT6HQ.jpg) I enter password and gksu pops-up again but now it's for "elive-upgrader-root --hooks-root-pre" and again this time it's "elive-upgrader-root --hooks" Which is the last time, meaning for @r0to00 : **It's not a loop, 3rd time lucky !!** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![linux23dragon](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/linux23dragon/32/2785_2.png) [@linux23dragon](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/linux23dragon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/7 "2023-08-03T10:38:13Z")
yep. Impermutable boot upgrade is trying to install after every boot. ---
**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/8 "2023-08-03T17:42:55Z")
> [@triantares](#): > > I enter password and gksu pops-up again but now it's for "elive-upgrader-root --hooks-root-pre" Thanks for the details, this is strange, because the OS is configured to not require password to use this system's tool 🤔 Verify what you have on this file: `~ ❯❯❯ cat /etc/sudoers.d/sudo_nopasswd_generic_$USER` elive-upgrader-root should be configured to use sudo without asking for password, why is asking for it then? 🤔🤔🤔 fast test to do @triantares: open a -new- terminal and type "sudo elive-upgrader-root" alone, it should not return anything but it should NOT ask for password too, this is directly dependent of the previous configuration mentioned too > [@linux23dragon](#): > > yep. Impermutable boot upgrade is trying to install after every boot. not exactly, at every desktop start, elive-upgrader is run to see if the system needs updates, but for some reason elive-upgrader is asking for password now 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/triantares/32/2550_2.png) [@triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/triantares)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/9 "2023-08-03T19:02:46Z")
> [@Thanatermesis](#): > > sudo elive-upgrader-root Standalone works just fine .... looks to be just an issue inside the script. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/10 "2023-08-03T19:16:47Z")
:baffled: that's confusing... so you still have it in your boots, right? can you show me your sudoers configurations to compare with my last install which doesn't shows the issue? (I set to not ask for sudo password, never at all, from the installation) ---
**Author:** ![triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/triantares/32/2550_2.png) [@triantares](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/triantares)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/11 "2023-08-03T19:31:26Z")
> [@Thanatermesis](#): > > can you show me your sudoers configurations Which ones exactly? There's quite a few in "/etyc/sudoers.d" ```bash ❯ ls /etc/sudoers.d/ README sudo_nopasswd_generic_triantares sudo_nopasswd_packagers_triantares sudo_nopasswd_power_triantares timeout_inmediate users-elive-migrated ~ ❯❯❯ ``` In 'sudo\_nopasswd\_generic\_triantares' 'elive-upgrader-root' is there on both my marchines (one machine with and one without encryption) ---
**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/got-this-authenticate-loop-trying-to-dump-a-screenshot/3556/12 "2023-08-03T23:46:42Z")
[Fixed the asking of password](https://github.com/Elive/elive-tools/commit/1e429f8698e93af846b0030f63c87f8650746114?diff=unified#diff-68b3f4fcfafa2da060165c80497b42dec1a5f83f9ce882ad9cb61d65439dbf65R1312-R1313) on every boot: Just run "apug" and you will have it fixed, or wait for your next system update 🙂 * * * _mentions: @triantares , @r0to00, @linux23dragon @TheTechRobo_