I can confirm this behavior. Below are more specific steps to reproduce it.
1. Open Users and Groups 2. Select your user and choose properties 3. Click change password After following through with the steps to change your password here the /etc/shadow file shows the change 4. Click "OK" to close out of the "Account 'username' Properties" dialog box. After you authenticate with the dialog box that opens, your password will revert to the original. The /etc/shadow file is rewritten with the original hash. NOTE: If you click "Cancel" instead of "OK" to leave the "Account 'username' Properties" dialog box the /etc/shadow file does not revert to the original. ** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Cannot change password with users-admin (gnome-system-tools) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs