i tried again with the following pasted and started in a terminal window and was still not able to change the password of the other user with an immediate effect.
fr...@jfh00:~$ sudo killall /usr/bin/perl; sudo /usr/share/system-tools-backends-2.0/scripts/SystemToolsBackends.pl -m UsersConfig -- [users-admin] Modifying user password has no effect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463353 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
