Just tried this and it also seems to happen if you type in the wrong password, or just hit the enter key, you would get the same message. However changing the .conf setting you would get the “please try again” message.
i try to do this and i got pasword fail at the end ```[enio@enioentity ~]$ sudo touch /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist
eos-rankmirrors
[sudo] password for enio:
==> eos-rankmirrors: info: extracting package endeavouros-mirrorlist 25.7-1 ...
==> eos-rankmirrors: info: ranking EndeavourOS mirrors, please wait ...
==> Warning about https://mirror.sjtu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch (curl code 0):
update level 2482/2487 is lower than expected, will lower the ranking of this mirror.
==> Warning about https://md.mirrors.hacktegic.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch (curl code 28):
Mirror timed out after 30 seconds.
==> Warning about https://mirror.leitecastro.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch (curl code 28):
Mirror timed out after 30 seconds.
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# EndeavourOS mirrorlist, ranked by eos-rankmirrors at 04.11.2025 07:15:54.
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Server = https://de.repo.c48.uk/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.moson.org/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://pkg.adfinis-on-exoscale.ch/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.gofoss.xyz/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://repo.c48.uk/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.rznet.fr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.c0urier.net/linux/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.accum.se/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.gigenet.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.jingk.ai/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.nxtgen.com/endeavouros-mirror/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.del2.albony.in/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.urbanwave.co.za/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.archlinux.tw/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://www.miraa.jp/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.b-interactive.com.au/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.albony.in/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.funami.tech/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
Server = https://mirror.sjtu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Mirror ranking info at (UTC) 04.11.2025 06:15:54:
# The following fields are shown for each mirror:
# mirror: The mirror address
# update-level: Ordinal number of the latest update (larger is newer)
# fetch-time: Measures the speed of the mirror (smaller is faster)
#
# mirror update-level fetch-time
# ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
# https://de.repo.c48.uk/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.152623
# https://mirror.moson.org/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.156358
# https://pkg.adfinis-on-exoscale.ch/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.163096
# https://mirror.gofoss.xyz/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.166754
# https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.176577
# https://repo.c48.uk/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.188299
# https://mirror.rznet.fr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.202189
# https://mirrors.c0urier.net/linux/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.203110
# https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.217180
# https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.224930
# https://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.228601
# https://mirror.accum.se/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.270188
# https://mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.305061
# https://mirrors.gigenet.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.555750
# https://mirror.jingk.ai/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.562609
# https://mirrors.nxtgen.com/endeavouros-mirror/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.564402
# https://mirror.del2.albony.in/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.581535
# https://mirror.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.609569
# https://mirrors.urbanwave.co.za/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.649515
# https://mirror.archlinux.tw/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.715125
# https://www.miraa.jp/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.790993
# https://mirror.b-interactive.com.au/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.827815
# https://mirror.albony.in/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 0.890145
# https://mirror.funami.tech/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 1.253910
# https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 3.029348
# https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2487 3.373868
# https://mirror.sjtu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch 2482 8.169270
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### Original mirrorlist before ranking:
######################################################
#### ####
### EndeavourOS Repository Mirrorlist ###
#### ####
######################################################
#### Entry in file /etc/pacman.conf:
### [endeavouros]
### SigLevel = PackageRequired
### Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist
######################################################
### Tip: Use the 'eos-rankmirrors' program to rank
### these mirrors or re-order them manually.
######################################################
## Australia
#Server = https://mirror.b-interactive.com.au/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Belgium
#Server = https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## China
#Server = https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirror.sjtu.edu.cn/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Denmark
#Server = https://mirrors.c0urier.net/linux/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## France
#Server = https://mirror.rznet.fr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Germany
#Server = https://mirror.alpix.eu/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirror.moson.org/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://de.repo.c48.uk/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Greece
#Server = https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## India
#Server = https://mirror.albony.in/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirror.del2.albony.in/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirrors.nxtgen.com/endeavouros-mirror/repo/$repo/$arch
## Japan
#Server = https://www.miraa.jp/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Moldova
#Server = https://md.mirrors.hacktegic.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Portugal
#Server = https://mirror.leitecastro.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Singapore
#Server = https://mirror.jingk.ai/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://mirror.freedif.org/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
## South Africa
#Server = https://mirrors.urbanwave.co.za/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## South Korea
#Server = https://mirror.funami.tech/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Sweden
#Server = https://mirror.accum.se/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Switzerland
#Server = https://mirror.gofoss.xyz/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#Server = https://pkg.adfinis-on-exoscale.ch/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## Taiwan
#Server = https://mirror.archlinux.tw/EndeavourOS/repo/$repo/$arch
## Ukraine
#Server = https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## United Kingdom
#Server = https://repo.c48.uk/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
## United States
#Server = https://mirrors.gigenet.com/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
==> Moving old EndeavourOS mirrorlist to /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist.bak.
==> Writing new ranked EndeavourOS mirrorlist to /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist.
Root Password:
su: Authentication failure
==> Failed.
```
how would i know password for su, i didnt make that, i know i have regular sudo pass, but su?? hmmm, i think my original sudo pass worked, i changed it some times ago.
Note that your issue is related to passwords, not eos-rankmirrors.
Please start a new thread.
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If you followed the default install I thjnk is same but since a different issue as mentioned make a new post please, makes it easier for people to find answers in future, thanks