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i cannot change my password through root.

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i am unable to install software as the authenticate password is not being accepted. i attempted to change the password through the 'drop root shell' message reads passwd: authentication token manipulation error - password not changed. please help!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Be sure to put your user password... i mean your user login password

if you have forgot it please reset:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

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bumpy (xantheeaston) said : 		#2

this is the site i used and followed the reset procedure it suggested. the message read

passwd: authentication token manipulation error
passwd: password unchanged

ubuntu was installed for me by a friend. they are not aware of another password i may need to use. i have not been using it for long and am struggling to get to grips with it. any help or advice is very gratefully recieved :)

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Darenjoe (darenjoe) said : 		#3

I am having this same error. Can we just go back to version 10.10. I love ubuntu but Unity sucks.

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