Password apparently changed by system update

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 6 Feb 2020 04:16:56 +0800 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> 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

Check your locale and keyboard mapping settings...

> 

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