Password Change

[Fergsauce]

Hello,

It seems there is a cache problem on my computer or something. I changed my password with the Users and Groups tool and it seemed to work, the keyring manager asks me for the new password. However, when I log in with the new password it tells me authentication failure, but still accepts the old password. The same result for using 'sudo <anything>'. This seems like a pretty big security issue..

*Edit*
I should mention I am using 64-bit Linux Mint 8. Also, when I try to change the password again, it hangs on checking password... indefinitely when I try to use my new password.

[Fergsauce]

Ok, figured it out. I can't change my password using 'Users and Groups' unlocked or not unlocked. I had to use 'About Me' instead. Not sure if this is a 'feature' or not, but seems a bit confusing since there were no errors or anything and the dialogs to change the password looked the same for both applications. Anyone know why it might be that way?

[ironosity]

I had the same problem (among others) and resolved it by just changing the password via passwd cmd line.

[Leppie]

i believe this is a bug in the "Users and Groups" applet
try re-installing the gnome system tools:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-system-tools

[Fergsauce]

i believe this is a bug in the "Users and Groups" applet
try re-installing the gnome system tools:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-system-tools

Tried that just to see if it would work afterwards, but still the same problem when changing the password via the "Users and Groups" applet.

But as mentioned before, I was able to change it via the "About Me" applet.