[TriLUG] userpasswd problem

[Jon Carnes]

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