Login Password - Allowed Characters?
Skip forwards 10 minutes, to see me with a panicked expression, attempting to log on with no success. My mind was racing - "Try the old one.. Try the new one (again).. Try variants of the new one; maybe you typoed.. twice! (hmm)".
Luckily, I had another (non-admin) account that I logged on to, and entered the "accounts" prefs, and changed my password back to my old one. Obviously, I had to enter my new password to do that, with no problems.
I wasn't entering the wrong password; the login prompt just wasn't accepting it. I logged out, and yep, old password worked fine. I changed my password to a new, simple password, login worked with it. I changed to a complex "good" password, login failed.
I narrowed it down to shift chars - !@£$%^ etc. If I used them, the password won't login, but will function within OS X just fine.
What's going on? I assume I'm either doing something stupid, or there's something wrong, because why would you be able to change your password to something that won't allow you to login?
Any ideas?!
Thanks, Ed
Mac Pro 8x2.8, 2GB RAM; MacBook Pro 2.2 C2D, 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.3)