Unable to change user password in Ubuntu 12.10
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To change your own passwd use just passwd
not sudo passwd
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Laphanga
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Laphanga over 1 year
The User Password is not changing for some reason. In the terminal it says password updated successfully,
$ sudo passwd [sudo] password for zaigham: Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully
But when I try to log in using the new password it doesn't work. I have changed my password 2, 3 times now but still it's the same. Is that some kind of bug?
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Admin about 11 yearsFor those with the luxury of reinstallation, this problem occurred for me when I set the autologin during my install, I guess the installation process sets some files that aren't compatible with the Account settings GUI. I re-installed and didn't choose autologin. Then I was able to toggle the automatic login in the GUI and it worked. The only caveat is that the GUI will show it as OFF when you enter, it appears to incorrectly detect the current setting.
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Eliah Kagan over 11 years@Laphanga Also, since
sudo passwd
sets a password forroot
, which should generally be avoided in Ubuntu, I recommend reversing that action by runningsudo passwd -dl root
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php_nub_qq about 7 years@EliahKagan MVP