Rant 1:
I'm installing 10.04.3.lts because of problems with 11.10 and Mint 12. When asking for the user password
during install, Ubuntu turns off the Caps Lock light. I happened to bump it and entered my password
as XXXXXXXX instead of xxxxxxxx. When the installation finished and rebooted, I tried to log in to no
avail. I also noticed at this time that the caps lock light was also inoperative. I pressed it carefully
one time and retyped my password which worked. So now I know my password is in opposite case. No problem,
I proceed to change the password:
$ passwd Changing password for user. (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: Bad: new and old password must differ by more than just case
WTF ???? Who's the ignoramas at Debian who thought this one up????? And how long has it been going on? I just tried it in Debian 6.03 and got the same result
No problem, just pick something simple and then do it again with the opposite case, right?
passwd Changing password for user. (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: You must choose a longer password Enter new UNIX password:
That's not very informative. Would it be too much to add what the requirements are in the error statement?
Think of Grandma !!
Continuing on with a longer password (12345678 just to get the damn thing over with)
Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: Bad: new password is too simple Enter new UNIX password:
Damn it! Try 1234asdf - remember, it's only temporary, just for long enough to get back to my original password with lower case. This works so now I try to change it again, this time with my real password in lower case.
passwd Changing password for user. (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: You must choose a longer password passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged $
At this point I give up, change to root user and it works. Sheesh
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