[ale] Unexpected password change!

[David Tomaschik]

H P Ladds wrote:
> Yikes!
>
> I tried to sign-on to my personal desktop this morning and my password
> no longer works? Any thoughts on how or why this happened?
>
> Because I am a noob/intermediate linux user, the machine is a triple
> boot machine: win xp, Kubuntu (stable), and Kubuntu (development).
>
> In short I fearlessly beat on the Kubuntu (development) machine as I
> experiment and learn about linux.  I try to keep Kubuntu (stable)
> operational at all times, and use the win xp for one legacy
> application that just can't seem to shake.
>
> I did mount the / partition of (stable) yesterday, to search for a
> Open Office file, but I did not do any actual work.
>
> Also yesterday, I did receive a " you have won the Pepsi Co.
> sweepstakes" e-mail -- the winner of which must donate 10% of the
> prize money to their favorite "charity."  No I did not respond to it
> in any way.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> H. Preston
>   
Any recent upgrades?  Might've broken PAM.  Can you not log in to the
development or stable side?

David