Password apparently changed by system update

[Bret Busby]

On 06/02/2020, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/02/2020, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> On my other computer, I have UbuntuMATE 19.04 installed.
>>
>> In the last few hours, a system update was shown as being available,
>> including something to do with giving some users extra superuser
>> privileges.
>>
>> I do not know whether it was that component that was responsible, but,
>> after locking the screen when going away from the computer for a
>> while, when I tried to log in, I have found that the password has been
>> changed.
>>
>> Is this an intended effect of the system update, and, how do I get
>> around the operating system having changed the login password on me?
>>
>> --
>> Bret Busby
>> Armadale
>> West Australia
>> ..............
>>
>> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>>  you'll know what the answer means."
>> - Deep Thought,
>>  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>>  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>>  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>>  written by Douglas Adams,
>>  published by Pan Books, 1992
>>
>> ....................................................
>>
>
>
> Sorry - it is version 19.10.
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
>
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>  you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
>  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>  written by Douglas Adams,
>  published by Pan Books, 1992
>
> ....................................................
>

First assessment is wrong - it is not that it has changed the password
- it is that a key on the keyboard no longer works (disabled?), that
coincides(?) with the system update

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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