Re: cannot change password: Authentication token manipulation error

[Samuel Sieb]

On 1/8/19 9:57 PM, Frédéric wrote:
> > I cannot change the root password:
> > # LANG=en_US.UTF-8 passwd
> > Changing password for user root.
> > New password:
> > Retype new password:
> > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
>
> Anybody has an idea?

Why do you need to set the LANG?
Have you checked the journal for any messages?