KerrLeada
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1 week ago I have had this issue as well (I was about to create an issue about it), and not just "å", "ä", "ö". Special letters like "+" also has the same issue.
It's not just affecting the password set during the installation. I tested adding a user with the "adduser" tool and if I gave it a password containing e.g. "+" then I wouldn't be able to login. The user was created and the password was accepted during creation, but the login screen didn't allow me to login. It just gave me the same "path_authenticate: AUTH_ERR" error as mentioned by the issue if I tried (at least I think that was the error, it was something like that).
Distribution: NAME="Pop!_OS" VERSION="24.04 LTS" ID=pop ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian" PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS" VERSION_ID="24.04" HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com" SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy" VERSION_CODENAME=noble UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os
Issue/Bug Description: Can't sign in to COSMIC desktop because I chose a password with the letters "ä", "å" or "ö". Get error message "path_authenticate: AUTH_ERR" when trying to sign in with the password I set during installation.
Steps to reproduce: Install Pop!_OS 24.04 alpha on an Lenovo ideapad 320 via USB flash drive and Ventoy. During installation, choose Swedish ("Svenska") as default language (and Swedish "Default" keyboard layout). I chose not to encrypt the drive (if it makes any difference). Name and username contained latin-based letters (that is, no "å", "ä", or "ö"). There's no error showing during installation. The error occurs after reboot and at the login screen.
Other Notes: I re-installed the distro several times to locate the bug. The error does not occur if you make a password with Latin-based letters, even if you choose Swedish as default language/keyboard layout during installation.