Locked Out of Sudo on Arch Linux? Skip the 10 Minute Wait — Nick Janetakis

When you mistype your sudo password too many times on Arch Linux, Fedora, or other distros using pam_faillock, you get locked out for 10 minutes with no clear indication. Three ways to immediately unlock: switch to root and run `faillock --user $USER --reset`, reboot to clear the faillock file, or delete the file at `/var/run/faillock/$USER` as root. The lockout behavior is configurable via `/etc/security/faillock.conf` — key settings include `deny` (number of attempts before lockout), `unlock_time` (lockout duration in seconds), and `even_deny_root`. For consistency, the sudo `passwd_tries` value in the sudoers file should be kept in sync with the faillock `deny` value.