Unable to change any local user password including root
Issue
- Getting "passwd: Permission denied" when attempt to change any local user password including the superuser account!
# passwd localuser
Changing password for user localuser
passwd: Permission denied
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9, 10
- pam
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