I just now did a brand-new (clean) install of OpenSuSE 12.3. I chose separate passwords for me (the user) and root. However once I logged in, I received an error message that stated that “the password with which I logged in does not match that on my keyring”.
I re-tried with both user password and root password, but neither one was accepted. If I created a brand-new set of passwords on an otherwise clean system, why is it asking for yet a different password?
Much thanks in advance…
Joshua
In console/terminal type
whoami
Open up a virtual terminal (ctrl-alt-f2 (for example) and where it says login: type in root and then roots password. If successfull, then type exit, and it will return you to the login: prompt, in which case, type in your username and password. If both of these work, the the user account and root account are ok and then it would either be something with your desktop, which you failed to mention which one your using.
Just a wild guess:
You are a Gnome user, and you have a home directory from a previous linux install. The Gnome keyring is locked with the password you used for that previous linux.
Again, that’s just a guess. It is the kind of problem that your error message suggests.
As a Gnome user experienced same problem - and several others, apparently from using same home directory as previous opensuse installed version.
For self resolved when switched to creating new system and home separate partitions each upgrade.
Do warn my other users ahead of time how as part of this root will copy across users folder Documents contents into the new folder Documents.
Then IF asked make their older /home partitions accessible for them to access (same UID names and numbers) so copy across any other data they wish.