Sounds like your problem might be PAM related. I guess I would start there. On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:16:35 -0500, Josh Welch <tclug at joshwelch.com> wrote: > So I've got a database server at work that the users have never had to > change passwords on. Now I need to make users change their passwords on > this system, but when a user invokes passwd they get this error: > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error > > This is before they even get the option to enter a new password, so it's > not a case of too short or too simple. Also, I, as root, can change > their password, but that is not how I want this to go. > > It should be noted that the passwd and shadow file have been copied to > this system from the previous database server during an upgrade, and > possibly from the server before that to the previous server, I can't > remember that far back. That could be the root cause of the problem. > I've tried backing up shadow and using pwconv to make a new shadow file, > that didn't work either. > > Any thoughts from the list? > > Thanks, > Josh > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Loren H. Burlingame <loren at lhb.name> GPG Key ID: 0x112DCF4F "Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes." -William Shatner (a.k.a. Buck Murdock) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list