GNU bug report logs - #18206
authentication

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From: d_hewlett <d_hewlett <at> zoho.com>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: authentication
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 16:55:05 -0700

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One day i needed to change my password 
It appeared to go fine
When i logged in all goes fine

then some days later i wanted to install software and of course it asked for authentication
I entered my password but it politely tells me its incorrect
i tried my old password with no better success

why cannot we have a separate root password......

Anyway how to get out of this situation pl?


David Hewlett

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: d_hewlett <d_hewlett <at> zoho.com>, 18206-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18206: authentication
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 06:38:40 -0600

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tag 18206 notabug
thanks

On 08/05/2014 05:55 PM, d_hewlett wrote:
> 
> One day i needed to change my password 
> It appeared to go fine
> When i logged in all goes fine
> 
> then some days later i wanted to install software and of course it asked for authentication
> I entered my password but it politely tells me its incorrect
> i tried my old password with no better success
> 
> why cannot we have a separate root password......
> 
> Anyway how to get out of this situation pl?

Thanks for your report.  However, you have reached the coreutils mailing
list, which has nothing to do with your system password maintenance.
You will not find any good answers here.  Try your distro support
mechanisms, or the distributor of the software you are trying to
authenticate.  I'm closing this report as it is not a bug in coreutils.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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