Re: Password problems
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:00:00 -0700
Jonathan Doe <anonymous.jondoe@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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 ?
>
> Is it the case that only GUI apps are using the old password, but
> everything else works with the new one? I am not familiar with
> Synaptic -- is it synaptic that is requesting a password, or are you
> running it via sudo (eg gksudo or something)? If you are running it
> with gksudo, does sudo synaptic (at the command line) work with the
> new password?
From the desktop it's being run as gksudo synaptic. In a terminal
sudo synaptic accepts the new password. I'll have to wait 15 minutes
before trying gksudo synaptic :)
>
> Has your machine been rooted? There was that kernel vulnerability
> just last week...
Doubt it, although anything is possible I guess.
Cheers
Frank
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