Why changing password of local users fails with `passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered`?
Issue
- Why changing password of local users fails with
passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered?
~]$ passwd
Changing password for user user1.
Changing password for user1
(current) UNIX password:
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: Authentication information cannot be recovered <----------
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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