Bug 158565

Summary:	After updating fc3 root password reset to unknown?
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Enrique Quiroz <equiroz>
Component:	passwd	Assignee:	Tomas Mraz <tmraz>
Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Version:	3
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Description Enrique Quiroz 2005-05-23 16:26:37 UTC

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Description of problem:
I installed fecdora core 3 and after regullar config I started the Up2date agent and accepted all proposed updates and let it install them. After rebooting, tried to do modify some settings and asked me for "root password" I entered it and tried 
several times and it keeps saying the given password is incorrect

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.call for su
2.enter password
3.rights denied
  

Additional info:

Comment 1 Tomas Mraz 2005-05-23 16:36:46 UTC

The problem is there was no passwd package update after fc3 release.
This must be some other package problem, you should somehow isolate what package
update created the problem.
Also can you try logging in as root using the text console login?

Comment 2 Tomas Mraz 2005-05-24 15:32:49 UTC

*** Bug 158640 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Tomas Mraz 2005-08-03 08:31:07 UTC

No response from reporter.