@Milan: it seems that you're right. "passwd" works, where "sudo passwd" fails.
Changing the password through System - Administration - Users and groups still fails, though. So I can only confirm the bug you reported, without adding new information. :-) -- [users-admin] Password is reset to old value when it's been changed using about-me 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