[TriLUG] userpasswd problem

[Janyne Kizer]

I am seeing the same thing but it is also true for remote X sessions.

On 10/9/2003 10:06 PM, Jon Carnes wrote:
> Janyne,
> 
> It might be a console rights problem...  I can run passwd from the
> command line as a user with no problems and I can run userpasswd as
> root.
> 
> Jon Carnes
> 
> On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 15:51, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> 
>>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.
>>-- 
>>
>>Janyne Kizer
>>Systems Programmer Administrator
>>NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
>>Extension Information Technology
> 
> 

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Janyne Kizer
Systems Programmer Administrator
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension Information Technology