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Authentication token manipulation error

 
Gerard Powell
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‎03-12-2007 09:46 PM

‎03-12-2007 09:46 PM

Authentication token manipulation error

After I have set the passwd aging for a particular user "cord" and tried to login, It requested to change the passwd. When I type the passwd it give an error: "Authentication token manipulation error".
The sequence is listed below

Could somebody help please.

[root@devtest ~]# passwd -n 2 -x 15 -w 3 -i 99999 cord
Adjusting aging data for user cord.
passwd: Success

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant)
Kernel 2.6.9-5.ELsmp on an i686
login: cord
Password:
You are required to change your password immediately (password aged)
Changing password for cord
(current) UNIX password:

Authentication token manipulation error
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Steven E. Protter
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‎03-13-2007 01:55 AM

‎03-13-2007 01:55 AM

Re: Authentication token manipulation error

Shalom from Chicago Gerard ,

Usually this occurs due to a missing entry for the user in /etc/passwd /etc/shadow or /etc/group

Check the consistency of those files.

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Ivan Ferreira
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‎03-13-2007 07:41 AM

‎03-13-2007 07:41 AM

Re: Authentication token manipulation error

What do you get in /var/log/secure? Are you trying loging in using secure shell?
Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?
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