Why passwd command is showing "passwd: System error" ?

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Issue

  • Why passwd command is showing "passwd: System error" ?

     [root@kailash ~]# passwd
 Changing password for user root.
 passwd: System error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

  • passwd

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