Logout and Login Password Issue (?)

[CommanderBacon]

So i changed the default password from C= to something else. I logged out of the OS and tried to log back in and my new password would not work, neither would the default C= password.
I originally thought I had made a mistake on the password and changed the password during boot using the the "init=/bin/bash" command appended to the line beginning with "linux" and using some other commands was able to change the password.
On a reboot it logs back in automatically however.
And logging back out and trying to log back in it will not take my password.
Trying to change the password with passwd while logged in doesn't seem to work either.
The only way to log in if I use the logout option is to reboot. How do I actually change the password?

Side note, If while on the log in screen I change the user to root and use the password I created after the OS install, it works and I can log in.

[LeoNigro]

That is so weird!! I'll have to confirm that is happening. Has anyone else experienced this?
Edit: I just tested this and can't get the problem to occur. Did you select Autoboot during the install?

Looking at the greeter script it is calling the regular "mate-about-me" dialog.
And when you see it after the install it definitely is for the "Commodore" user, not the "root" user.
I wonder if there is something about the boot script that is different.
Even if the script had elevated privileges it wouldn't really explain it.