System accounts are getting "passwd: Authentication token manipulation error" while attempting to change their passwords.

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Issue

  • Local accounts are getting "Authentication token manipulation error" while attempting to change passwords of local system accounts.
  • The module "pam_passwdqc.so" was used in pam to limit the use of weak passwords.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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