I’m running Artix Linux for many years without problems. Since a while, the system clock would lag behind between boots. I thought the CMOS battery was dead so I just synced the time with ntpd every time.
Just recently my bios password was gone all of the sudden! I didn’t disable it at all. It just boots into Linux without asking for the password. I got the message “account [account name] has password changed in the future”. My login password has not changed and I didn’t attempt to change it.
Just now it took a few tries before booting which spooked my out. The bios password still gone and the same message upon login. All of the sudden the date is set to 2018-01-01 (usually it is just a few hours behind).
Is my motherboard just dying? If the bios password can just disappear it doesn’t provide much security lol.
Sounds like CMOS battery dying/dead on the motherboard. It stores BIOS settings, including password and clock. (Though you really should be using ntpd)
Thank you, that makes sense. I guess it was almost dead and now it is really dead. I don’t understand how that makes Linux freak out over the login password though.
If your password is set this year, and suddenly the clock says it’s 2018, then yes your password was set in the future, at least as far as the computer believes.
You’re totally right, it only makes sense. Maybe my brain needs its battery replaced as well.