Hi,
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
I tried what is said here: https://www.tecmint.com/fix-passwd-authentication-token-manipulation-error-i... without success (I did not find tool pam-auth-update, it's probably ubuntu): - reboot - mount -o remount,rw / - chmod 640 /etc/shadow
Regards,
F
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?
On 1/8/19 10:59 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
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?
Also, what is the result of "echo $?" run right after the passwd attempt?
Why do you need to set the LANG?
to get the error message in English to post to this list.
Have you checked the journal for any messages?
I guess this is what matters: AVC avc: denied { create } for pid=6267 comm="passwd" name="nshadow" scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0
Jan 09 09:05:16 gamma su[6232]: (to root) fred on pts/0 Jan 09 09:05:16 gamma audit[6232]: CRED_ACQ pid=6232 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=6 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_unix acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/su" hostname=gamma addr=? terminal=pts/0 res=success' Jan 09 09:05:16 gamma su[6232]: pam_systemd(su-l:session): Cannot create session: Already running in a session Jan 09 09:05:16 gamma su[6232]: pam_unix(su-l:session): session opened for user root by (uid=1000) Jan 09 09:05:16 gamma audit[6232]: USER_START pid=6232 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=6 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=PAM:session_open grantors=pam_keyinit,pam_keyinit,pam_limits,pam_systemd,pam_unix,pam_xauth acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/su" hostname=gam> Jan 09 09:05:44 gamma audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=fprintd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Jan 09 09:06:04 gamma audit[6267]: AVC avc: denied { create } for pid=6267 comm="passwd" name="nshadow" scontext=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0 Jan 09 09:06:04 gamma audit[6267]: USER_CHAUTHTOK pid=6267 uid=0 auid=1000 ses=6 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:passwd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 msg='op=PAM:chauthtok grantors=? acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/passwd" hostname=gamma addr=? terminal=pts/0 res=failed' Jan 09 09:06:04 gamma passwd[6267]: gkr-pam: couldn't update the login keyring password: no old password was entered
Also, what is the result of "echo $?" run right after the passwd attempt?
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