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[Luka Renko]

On Tuesday 23 May 2006 02:24, Tez wrote:
> Yes, I'm using KDE, (what else would I use :-p)
> When I type kcheckpass at a prompt it fails to authenticate me,
> I have changed the password and restarted but it still won't work.
> I have even tried reconfiguring kdebase-bin (the package kcheckpass is in)
> I can't figure out why it wont work.

There was a bug in older versions of Users&Groups  configuration module that 
has corrupted permissions of /etc/shadow file. Please check that it has 
permissions like this:
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow 910 2006-05-11 08:40 /etc/shadow

If the group is not "shadow" change it with:

sudo chgrp shadow /etc/shadow.

Regards,
Luka