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[Felicia <589520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hope I am not hijacking this bug. I am using my sonś laptop, which I
set up with a fresh install of 10.04. It is also set up to automatically
log him in since I do not use it very often. He is away so I am using it
and can not log in - the username/password combo is correct (I have
check cap lock too). If I try to do an update, which requires
authentication and enter his password (he has not changed it), the
update will not work. If I esc out of the auto login screen and manual
log into his account with his password (or my own account) I get an
authentication failure message.

I cannot make any changes under System>>Administration>>Users and Groups
because none of the user/password combinations will work. I have no idea
when this authentication issue started, because I was able to login when
I first did the switch to 10.04 back in May. Please help!

Side note: I did a fresh install of 10.04 on my daughterś laptop and
regrettable chose the option to secure the hard drive (this step then
gives a long pass code that must be saved upon first booting after
installation). The result is I cannot set up automatic login - though I
guess that would have defeated securing the computer anyway. Once I
figured out the problem, I went back to requiring passwords to login and
all is well...Iḿ glad there were two users or I would not have been able
to login as well...there should be a warning with the installation for
this security feature. I do not recall if I had made the same choice
when setting up my sonś computer, but since his auto login works, I
suspect I did not.

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[KM400]Haven't been able to execute normal gnome login since 10.04 installation; screen blanks then returns to login screen
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