[Bug]: scripts: sudo password not getting through

[philn]

What did you expect to happen?

1. Create a script containing sudo echo $(whoami)
2. Run sudo -k
3. Run created script

What happened?

sudo prompts for the password but hitting enter key has no visible effect. The prompt remains until the script is interrupted with Ctrl-c.

Atuin doctor output

{
  "atuin": {
    "version": "18.5.0",
    "sync": {
      "cloud": false,
      "records": true,
      "auto_sync": true,
      "last_sync": "2025-04-27 13:48:17.471231688 +00:00:00"
    },
    "sqlite_version": "3.46.0"
  },
  "shell": {
    "name": "fish",
    "default": "fish",
    "plugins": [
      "atuin"
    ],
    "preexec": "built-in"
  },
  "system": {
    "os": "Fedora Linux",
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "version": "42",
    "disks": [
      {
        "name": "composefs",
        "filesystem": "overlay"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/mapper/fedora-root",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/mapper/fedora-root",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
        "filesystem": "vfat"
      },
      {
        "name": "/dev/mapper/fedora-home",
        "filesystem": "ext4"
      },
      {
        "name": "sysext",
        "filesystem": "overlay"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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[philn]

Workaround: run some sudo ls command before running the script and don't run sudo -k ;)

[thebigmatchplayer]

➜ ls -l script.sh
-rw-r--r--  1 dharrsanamarnath  staff  28 May 31 20:53 script.sh

➜ cat script.sh 
sudo echo $(whoami)
sudo -k

➜ zsh script.sh
Password:
dharrsanamarnath

this is what i can see, on every script run...it asks the password again as sudo -k clears cache of credentials, and eventually on typing the correct password i can see my username dharrsanamarnath

what's the issue here?

my atuin doctor output

{
  "atuin": {
    "version": "18.6.1",
    "sync": {
      "cloud": true,
      "records": true,
      "auto_sync": true,
      "last_sync": "2025-05-31 15:33:37.98862 +00:00:00"
    },
    "sqlite_version": "3.46.0"
  },
  "shell": {
    "name": "zsh",
    "default": "zsh",
    "plugins": [
      "atuin"
    ],
    "preexec": "built-in"
  },
  "system": {
    "os": "Darwin",
    "arch": "arm64",
    "version": "15.3",
    "disks": [
      {
        "name": "Macintosh HD",
        "filesystem": "apfs"
      },
      {
        "name": "Macintosh HD",
        "filesystem": "apfs"
      }
    ]
  }
}

[philn]

You need to create an atuin script containing this... see also atuin script -h.

[thebigmatchplayer]

oh yes, on enter, i can't see it accept my pwd. on double enter it says "sorry try again"
is this what you're facing too?

➜ atuin script new testsudo  
➜ atuin script run testsudo
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
Sorry, try again.

[philn]

Yep.