Ubuntu
gnome-terminal package

password for sudo

Asked by Massimo

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

password failed after sudo command (sorry, try again).
Why? I've never changed the password.
Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 17 13:54:52 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #231355.

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Massimo (massimobattiato) said : 		#1
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) said : 		#2

Thank you for your comments. This does not appear to be a bug report and we are closing it. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise your question in the support tracker. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu

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Best Old_Soldier (charles.davis) said : 		#3

check to ensure that you dont have caps lock turned on since the password is case sensitive. if you continue to have an issue what I would do next is boot into recovery mode and change the password for your user account by issuing the command:
passwd <your_username>

you will be prompted to provide a new unix password and again to confirm it. after that reboot into your normal installation and see if that clears up the problem.

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Massimo (massimobattiato) said : 		#4

Thank you!
Problem solved. I don't remember if caps lock turned on, but now the password is right.
Excuse me for my English.

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John A Harris (johnharris9) said : 		#5

I am a new linux user. How do I reboot into recovery mode to change my password. Ultimately what I want to do is to install the standard microsoft fonts so I can use them on open office ( Version openoffice.org 2.4, Ubuntu 8.04). Would you please tell me the process step by step. Thank you.

John Harris

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darkx007 (gonzalez-terminator-cesar74) said : 		#6

I am new to the ubuntu 9.04 environment, I do say I like this operating system except I have a bug or problem that needs to be fixed asap. Is regarding my password; first I wanted to say that my unix password has an Authentication token manipulation error. This explains why I could not use it in the terminal command line, please help.

Sincerely: Cesar Gonzalez
PS: my ubuntu 9.04 is installed on my playstation 3 system