[NTLUG:Discuss] Passwd Authentication Error

[Andrew Brown]

Found the problem, well should say was able to change my passwords. I
had downloaded WebMin and had it running. Something in the package would
not let me edit the passwords?? Well turn it off and I was able to
change them. Not sure what that was about... but it is fixed.

Thanks!

AB

On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 10:17 -0600, brad angelcyk wrote:
> *cringes*  Why edit the shadow file?  He could use the -d switch on
> passwd to do the same thing.
> 
> What is in your /etc/pam.d/passwd file?  PAM might be set up incorrectly.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:29:36 -0600, Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 04:40:58 +0000, Andrew Brown
> > <dutch_fedora at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > I am trying to change the passwords on my system and I get an
> > > Authentication error message every time?! I even changed to run level 1
> > > to attempt a change and the same error popped up, for root and my user
> > > account. I am more than a bit confused!
> > >
> > > A little help!
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > 
> > Not sure what the problem is, but you might try editing /etc/shadow
> > and delete all between first and second colons on target user entries.
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