Re: Login problems with Fedora 29

2018-12-07 Thread alan
> Allegedly, on or about 7 December 2018, a...@clueserver.org sent: >> Every once in a while the system stops accepting my password. >> Rebooting does not help. > > Is it a regular interval? There are "expire password" options in the > user configuration, perhaps yours has been set. > > I see tha

Re: Login problems with Fedora 29

2018-12-07 Thread Tim via users
Allegedly, on or about 7 December 2018, a...@clueserver.org sent: > Every once in a while the system stops accepting my password. > Rebooting does not help. Is it a regular interval? There are "expire password" options in the user configuration, perhaps yours has been set. I see that mine is set

Re: Login problems with Fedora 29

2018-12-07 Thread alan
> On 12/07/2018 11:01 AM, a...@clueserver.org wrote: >> I can mount the drive with a live F29 distro and chroot the root drive. >> I >> have a backup of the /etc/shadow file and there are no changes to the >> user. "changing" the password fixes the problem. > > I don't know why this happens, but I

Re: Login problems with Fedora 29

2018-12-07 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/07/2018 11:01 AM, a...@clueserver.org wrote: I can mount the drive with a live F29 distro and chroot the root drive. I have a backup of the /etc/shadow file and there are no changes to the user. "changing" the password fixes the problem. I don't know why this happens, but I do have a sugg

Login problems with Fedora 29

2018-12-07 Thread alan
This one is a bit of a mystery... I have a newish install of Fedora 29. I am using two SSD drives on a Lenovo W540 laptop with UEFI boot. Every once in a while the system stops accepting my password. Rebooting does not help. I can mount the drive with a live F29 distro and chroot the root drive.