Setting the password again you'll have a login, but you cant type in your password. After typing your login name followed by RETURN password is immediately left. Looks like the entered RETURN is kept and all subsequent calls see RETURN and just quit.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812095 Title: console login loop after entering username followed by RETURN Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: <hostname> login: <user> password: Just do nothing. About two seconds later ... login: password: login: password: login: password: After this being displayed three times: "Too many failure" or so and login is restarting. You cant login at all. Only solution: clear the password for the account you want to login with. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: login 1:4.5-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-14.15-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Jan 16 19:34:30 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-19 (2645 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) SourcePackage: shadow UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-11-03 (74 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1812095/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
