passwd

[Vladimir Kosovac]

Every user can change his/her own password, the only difference from passwd 
command used by root is that they are prompted to enter existing password 
first.

That being said, error sounds like this first step does not happen OK or new 
password is not enterred twice. Shot in the dark but there isn't lot of 
information given to work with.

One of the possible problems may be a different pwd hash in /etc/shadow 
file, so it doesn't match the password that user enters in the prompt for 
existing one. Still only a guess, though.

Rgds, V

On 8/26/05, Carl Reynolds <redhat-list at hyperbole-software.com> wrote:
> 
> Meadows, Andrew wrote:
> 
> >... When they
> >log in they cannot change their password. If they try with the passwd
> >command they receive this error message, passwd: Authentication token
> >manipulation error.
> >
> I have never worked on a Red Hat system where anyone but root could
> change the password. I think this is a standard security precaution
> built into Linux.
> 
> 
> 
> Carl.
> 
> 
> 
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