[TriLUG] userpasswd problem

Janyne Kizer janyne_kizer at ncsu.edu
Thu Oct 9 15:51:42 EDT 2003


I have two different RH 9 systems that are having some problems with 
userpasswd.  After running into this problem I asked someone else who 
has a freshly installed (not upgraded) RH9 system try userpasswd on his 
system and he experiences ths same problem.  One of my systems was 
upgraded from 7.2 and one was installed from scratch.  In both cases, 
non-root users are prompted for their old password. When it is provided, 
rather than moving to the screen that prompts the uers to enter his/her 
new password, a dialog box saying "Error:  Unknown error" is displayed 
and the following error is inserted in /var/log/messages:

passwd(pam_unix)[2943]: password - (old) token not obtained

Any pointers would be appreciated.
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Janyne Kizer
Systems Programmer Administrator
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension Information Technology




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