On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 08:15:07PM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:32:56 -0600 > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 start > until a changed my password.
Unix dosen't work without a root account. However, this sounds like a bug in Synaptic. It should _not_ be storing the previous password but only using a mechanism that will hash what you type and compare it with the password database. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
