Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 245437
Correctly typing yet, "Authentication failed. Letters must be typed in the correct case."
Last modified: 2008-08-02 19:40:34 EDT
Description of problem: I'm sorry I don't know which component this belongs in because it's on the login screen. I installed Fedora on my laptop and it worked fine for a few days. I turned it on again and when I type in my user name or click my name above, I get the following error, "Authentication failed. Letters must be typed in the correct case." I absolutely certain I'm typing my username correcctly. When I drop to single user mode, I see my username in the /etc/passwd file. I tried changing my password for that username, it gives me an error. I forgot my boot loader password, so I can't go to single user mode now. I don't think I've run any updates for F7. Any ideas? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
On the Grub Screen, it says Fedora 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7. That might indicate whether or not I've done the updates. I really can't remember. And if I did any updates, I would have done the kernel also.
if you press ctrl-alt-f1 can you login from a text console? Can you ssh in from another machine? Did you at any point run the program called authconfig, or go to the Authentication menu item in the Administration menu? Can you attach /etc/pam.d/system-auth ?
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