Hi Ralph, >> When starting up my Arch system and trying to login with my username, >> sam, I'm apparently entering the wrong password. I have to login to >> the root account and 'passwd sam' to be able to continue. > > So you set sam's password to `foo' and then you can log out of root and > log in as sam/foo OK?
Correct >> If I try to use sudo once logged in the password for sam that I just >>reset is rejected. To make sudo work I have to login to root, again, > > This time whilst still logged in as sam, e.g. using su(1) to switch-user > to root? Yeah >> and 'passwd sam'. > > Examine the text files /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. Look for duplicate > `sam' lines, especially in shadow(5), so it's possible you've two > passwords at once? No duplicates found > Try going for a simple test password if your normal choices have > control-characters or other unusual stuff that might be unacceptable to > one of the commands and not the other. This method has found the problem. My password had an '@' symbol at the end of it which appears to cause the issue. Working okay without it. Seems strange though? Thanks, Sam -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-02-04 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
