While changing password, local users are being prompted multiple times for password.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • While changing password for local users it asks 4 times for entering the password,
[root@ans ~]# passwd
Changing password for user root.
New password: 
Retype new password: 
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • PAM

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