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How to change password in Ubuntu (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Agility0971@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I've run passwd and sudo su; passwd to change password for root and my account. Password is set correctly when using sudo and su but whenever I get prompted by pkexec it accepts only the old password. I've rebooted my system to make sure it was not an issue.

Edit: Solved Turns out the password were changed for root account but not my user account. I think the reason is that there are no password quality requirements on root accounts, but there are on the default account in ubuntu. Changing the password from root account passwd user worked fine.

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[-] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

The Ubuntu laptop had to connect to company vpn. It were using openconnect-network-manager-gnome thingy to do that. Recently the company upgraded their vpn software which is sorta incompatible with openconnect and requires a modified user agent string for it to prompt for 2FA keys. package in ubuntu 22.04 is too old to modify that in the gui.

If you have a good idea what I could have tried let me know, love to hear new ideas.

Hmm, tough one. Suggesting to post your question as a new post in relevant Lemmy /c/ or StackExchange and so on. Here as a not so new comment of a comment it will get little exposure I guess.

[-] Agility0971@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah true, though it's dealt with already. Time to put the lid back on that can.

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