Users getting message "passwd: Authentication token manipulation error" when changing their passwords on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- Users not able to change password using
passwd
and getting error as "passwd: Authentication token manipulation error" - Some users are not able to change their own password:
# su - testuser
$ passwd
Changing password for user testuser
Changing password for testuser
(current) UNIX password:
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
I am trying to change a user password and neither root can perform this operation:
# passwd testuser
Changing password for user testuser.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
root can change passwords for local users. Newly added users can also change their password, however existing users can not change their passwords.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- passwd
- shadow
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