Unable to create user or group aGetting error "usermod: failure while writing changes to /etc/passwd" while creating users/groups and while changing passwords for users
Issue
- While creating user or groups, it's failing with below error.
usermod: failure while writing changes to /etc/passwd
- While changing the password of any user, its failing with similar error.
Authentication token manipulation error
failure while writing changes to /etc/passwd
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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