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sudo password not working over ssh
After your comments, it sounds like a tilde (~) character was giving you problems.
When you're in an SSH session, the escape sequence ^M~ (that's Return then ~, or Ctrl+M then ~) has a special meaning ...
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How to properly fix [sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set]
First, find another way to become root. Either machinectl shell or systemd-run --shell should still work, as they don't rely on setuid binaries (not in /usr/bin, at least).
If nothing works, reboot ...
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How do I fix "Sudo commands will not succeed by default" on chromeOS Crosh Shell
Currently, there is no "official" fix for this, but you might want to look into https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew/pull/8832 As of 11/15/2023, it has not been merged yet, but you can ...
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