password change is not working for any of the users including root.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • root user is unable to change password of users and below error can be seen,
passwd: libuser initialization error: could not open configuration file `/etc/login.defs': Permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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