Cannot unlock screen, password works switching user or logging in after boot.

[aitoehigie]

I use i3wm and noticed that since I installed this program, whenever I lock my system and try to login again it tells me my password is wrong so I have no choice but to completely reboot my system which is rather odd. How do I remove this from my system?

Thank you

[marshyski]

Hi @aitoehigie which OS, version and window manager/GUI are you using? Removing it is easy, but reverting the changes are hard. When you provide the information I can replicate it and tell you which permission you'll need to revert back.

[aitoehigie]

Hello, I use Linux mint 19 with i3 windows manager and i3lock. Hope that's enough information. I am suspecting that it changes my password whenever I lock my system Kind regards

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On Thu, 21 Feb 2019, 22:14 Tim Ski ***@***.*** wrote: Hi @aitoehigie <https://github.com/aitoehigie> which OS, version and window manager/GUI are you using? Removing it is easy, but reverting the changes are hard. When you provide the information I can replicate it and tell you which permission you'll need to revert back. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#7 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AALx2JMis2dGd3EnUETfD03VWRsA6YVjks5vPwwlgaJpZM4bDuhT> .

[marshyski]

Hi @aitoehigie I found the fix for you. Please run the following commands as root in your terminal.

chown root:shadow {/etc/shadow,/etc/shadow-,/etc/gshadow,/etc/gshadow-}

chmod 0640 {/etc/shadow,/etc/shadow-,/etc/gshadow,/etc/gshadow-}

[aitoehigie]

Issue resolved. Thanks

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On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 12:39 AM Tim Ski ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @aitoehigie <https://github.com/aitoehigie> I found the fix for you. Please run the following commands as root in your terminal. chown root:shadow {/etc/shadow,/etc/shadow-,/etc/gshadow,/etc/gshadow-} chmod 0640 {/etc/shadow,/etc/shadow-,/etc/gshadow,/etc/gshadow-} — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#7 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AALx2K4yEfa9IC77r47jndmg71HnYzFxks5vPy5CgaJpZM4bDuhT> .