How do I properly change my password in Xubuntu 16.04 without breaking my system?
Yesterday I changed my Xubuntu 16.04 user password using passwd in the terminal. I continued working all day, everything was fine.
Today I turn on my machine, try to log in and I'm stuck in a log-in-loop. Every time I log in, the screen goes black, then it puts me back to the log in screen. It turns out that my ecryptfs password hadn't been updated, so I had to manually 'rewrap' it. 15 minutes wasted...
Then, I opened Chromium, and it asked for my keyring password. I entered my new password, and it wasn't accepted. I entered my old one, and it accepted that. Unfortunately because of this it seemed to have deleted all of my cookies, so every single website had been signed out. As somebody who uses Chromium all day every day, this was a big problem. 30 minutes wasted...
I then tried to change my password with the 'Users and Groups` GUI app, and upon clicking 'Change password', it hung like Windows Explorer often does... 15 minutes wasted.
So the question is - how do I change my password without causing these problems? As far as I know I didn't do anything out of the ordinary like manually editing /etc/shadow, so what went wrong?
xubuntu login password ecryptfs
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rubberband876rubberband876
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Yesterday I changed my Xubuntu 16.04 user password using passwd in the terminal. I continued working all day, everything was fine.
Today I turn on my machine, try to log in and I'm stuck in a log-in-loop. Every time I log in, the screen goes black, then it puts me back to the log in screen. It turns out that my ecryptfs password hadn't been updated, so I had to manually 'rewrap' it. 15 minutes wasted...
Then, I opened Chromium, and it asked for my keyring password. I entered my new password, and it wasn't accepted. I entered my old one, and it accepted that. Unfortunately because of this it seemed to have deleted all of my cookies, so every single website had been signed out. As somebody who uses Chromium all day every day, this was a big problem. 30 minutes wasted...
I then tried to change my password with the 'Users and Groups` GUI app, and upon clicking 'Change password', it hung like Windows Explorer often does... 15 minutes wasted.
So the question is - how do I change my password without causing these problems? As far as I know I didn't do anything out of the ordinary like manually editing /etc/shadow, so what went wrong?
xubuntu login password ecryptfs
asked 8 hours ago
rubberband876rubberband876
62
Possibly related: Unable to login after password change, having home directory encrypted
– steeldriver
8 hours ago
@steeldriver Yes, from that post: "This is a security feature to prevent root , or someone with root access, from changing your password and thus accessing your encrypted data." This makes sense actually...
– rubberband876
8 hours ago
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Yesterday I changed my Xubuntu 16.04 user password using passwd in the terminal. I continued working all day, everything was fine.
Today I turn on my machine, try to log in and I'm stuck in a log-in-loop. Every time I log in, the screen goes black, then it puts me back to the log in screen. It turns out that my ecryptfs password hadn't been updated, so I had to manually 'rewrap' it. 15 minutes wasted...
Then, I opened Chromium, and it asked for my keyring password. I entered my new password, and it wasn't accepted. I entered my old one, and it accepted that. Unfortunately because of this it seemed to have deleted all of my cookies, so every single website had been signed out. As somebody who uses Chromium all day every day, this was a big problem. 30 minutes wasted...
I then tried to change my password with the 'Users and Groups` GUI app, and upon clicking 'Change password', it hung like Windows Explorer often does... 15 minutes wasted.
So the question is - how do I change my password without causing these problems? As far as I know I didn't do anything out of the ordinary like manually editing /etc/shadow, so what went wrong?
xubuntu login password ecryptfs
asked 8 hours ago
rubberband876rubberband876
62
Yesterday I changed my Xubuntu 16.04 user password using passwd in the terminal. I continued working all day, everything was fine.
Today I turn on my machine, try to log in and I'm stuck in a log-in-loop. Every time I log in, the screen goes black, then it puts me back to the log in screen. It turns out that my ecryptfs password hadn't been updated, so I had to manually 'rewrap' it. 15 minutes wasted...
Then, I opened Chromium, and it asked for my keyring password. I entered my new password, and it wasn't accepted. I entered my old one, and it accepted that. Unfortunately because of this it seemed to have deleted all of my cookies, so every single website had been signed out. As somebody who uses Chromium all day every day, this was a big problem. 30 minutes wasted...
I then tried to change my password with the 'Users and Groups` GUI app, and upon clicking 'Change password', it hung like Windows Explorer often does... 15 minutes wasted.
So the question is - how do I change my password without causing these problems? As far as I know I didn't do anything out of the ordinary like manually editing /etc/shadow, so what went wrong?
xubuntu login password ecryptfs
xubuntu login password ecryptfs
asked 8 hours ago
rubberband876rubberband876
62
asked 8 hours ago
rubberband876rubberband876
62
asked 8 hours ago
rubberband876rubberband876
62
asked 8 hours ago
rubberband876rubberband876
62
asked 8 hours ago
rubberband876rubberband876
62
62
Possibly related: Unable to login after password change, having home directory encrypted
– steeldriver
8 hours ago
@steeldriver Yes, from that post: "This is a security feature to prevent root , or someone with root access, from changing your password and thus accessing your encrypted data." This makes sense actually...
– rubberband876
8 hours ago
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Possibly related: Unable to login after password change, having home directory encrypted
– steeldriver
8 hours ago
@steeldriver Yes, from that post: "This is a security feature to prevent root , or someone with root access, from changing your password and thus accessing your encrypted data." This makes sense actually...
– rubberband876
8 hours ago
Possibly related: Unable to login after password change, having home directory encrypted
– steeldriver
8 hours ago
Possibly related: Unable to login after password change, having home directory encrypted
– steeldriver
8 hours ago
@steeldriver Yes, from that post: "This is a security feature to prevent root , or someone with root access, from changing your password and thus accessing your encrypted data." This makes sense actually...
– rubberband876
8 hours ago
@steeldriver Yes, from that post: "This is a security feature to prevent root , or someone with root access, from changing your password and thus accessing your encrypted data." This makes sense actually...
– rubberband876
8 hours ago
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Possibly related: Unable to login after password change, having home directory encrypted
– steeldriver
8 hours ago
@steeldriver Yes, from that post: "This is a security feature to prevent root , or someone with root access, from changing your password and thus accessing your encrypted data." This makes sense actually...
– rubberband876
8 hours ago