Comment 5 for bug 579876
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| Robert Simmons (rsimmons0) wrote Re: encrypted home directory doesn't mount after password change | #5 |
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This bug is very critical. It also happens when you change a password using the user management module in KDE's system settings. When you use system settings it asks for the admin password then it runs the password change as root. The next time you login you're hosed. You have to drop down to console and change your password back because the home directory stays encrypted by your old password.
Bad, bad, bad. All methods of changing a password should do EXACTLY the same thing or set of things. If you have more than one person on a server, you could lock someone out just by changing their password as root (which could happen if that user forgot his password and called you to have i reset).
I'm running Kubuntu 10.10 + current patches with KDE 4.5.5.