My issue resolved itself. There was a kernel update with some other package updates and after restarting the problem was gone.
The shadow file permissions are OK now, I did not have a chance to check them before. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1733557 Title: Login screen showing Authentication Failure Switch to greeter... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1733557/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs