Screen Lock rejects password

Giorgos pinkisntwell at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 09:42:02 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 17:31 -0800, Peter Cockriell wrote:
> Hello all, 
> 
> This is my first Ubuntu install (v5.10) and first time administering a
> linux system, though I've been a *nix user for many years.  My install
> went absolutely peachy and everything configured properly on the first
> go. 
> 
> Today I setup Kerberos v.5, Samba & Winbind in order to share files to
> users in a Windows 2003 Server domain.   That went fine and I acquired
> a lease (kinit) from the domain server fine.  I had to leave my desk
> for a moment so I locked my screen ... and now it's rejecting my
> password.  Anyone have any thoughts on this?  I know I can reset the
> password through grub, but I'd prefer to understand why this has
> happened and how I can prevent the problem. 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Pete. 

Maybe when setting your password you had another language for the
keyboard on? It's happened to me before.





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