Re: Password problems

[Frank McCormick <fmccormick@videotron.ca>]

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:54:01 +1100
Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Frank McCormick shared this with us all:
> >--} On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:32:56 -0600
> >--} "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:
> >--}
> >--} > * Frank McCormick <fmccormick@videotron.ca> [080216 17:21]:
> >--} > >
> >--} > > I changed my password using passwd...and now some apps want
> >the old
> >--} > > password...others want the new one!
> >--} > >
> >--} > > For example when I do sudo aptitude update in a terminal
> >sudo will
> >--} > > only accept the new password...however if I run
> >Synaptic...it will
> >--} > > accept only the old password. What's going on here and how
> >can it
> >--} > > be fixed ?
> >--} >
> >--} > Perhaps synaptic is asking for the password of the normal user
> >-- not
> >--} > the password of root -- in order to access the keyring?
> >--}
> >--}
> >--}   There is no root account on this box. It has always asked me
> >for my
> >--} password as I am the first user. As I said this business didn't

> 
> Because there is no root account? 

  There is a root account  it has not been enabled.


Maybe the system now sees two
> users. One able to run certain programs/apps and the other able to
> run others. Usually if there is a rot account and a user account,
> there is no problem changing a password. Because the account and
> permissions remain the same for that account when the password is
> changed.

  Huh?

> 
> So what was the command to change the password when there is no root
> account?
   
  Passwd is how I change passwords.
> 
> Log in as who? Then $ or # passwd
> 
> This could be the problem. But I have never run a Linux system
> without a root account so this may be no help at all.

  As I said root has not been enabled as a login account

Cheers

-- 
Frank