Unable to change user password in Ubuntu 12.10

Question

The User Password is not changing for some reason. In the terminal it says password updated successfully,

$ sudo passwd
[sudo] password for zaigham: 
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully

But when I try to log in using the new password it doesn't work. I have changed my password 2, 3 times now but still it's the same. Is that some kind of bug?

For those with the luxury of reinstallation, this problem occurred for me when I set the autologin during my install, I guess the installation process sets some files that aren't compatible with the Account settings GUI. I re-installed and didn't choose autologin. Then I was able to toggle the automatic login in the GUI and it worked. The only caveat is that the GUI will show it as OFF when you enter, it appears to incorrectly detect the current setting. — , Mar 13 '13 at 17:52

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 03 '12 at 16:54

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To change your own passwd use just passwd not sudo passwd.

edited Nov 03 '12 at 16:54

Eliah Kagan

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answered Nov 03 '12 at 16:14

dcolhoun

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@Laphanga Also, since sudo passwd sets a password for root, which should generally be avoided in Ubuntu, I recommend reversing that action by running sudo passwd -dl root. – Eliah Kagan Nov 03 '12 at 16:56
@EliahKagan MVP – php_nub_qq Feb 01 '17 at 16:44

Unable to change user password in Ubuntu 12.10

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