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Old 03-02-2001, 02:57 PM   #1
dojit
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hi can you help me regarding my problem .... i think that you know this problem to and im hoping that you have the answer
....:

Every time I try to change passwords, this error appears..

[root@mail /root]# passwd
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: Critical error - immediate abort
[root@mail /root]#

[dojit@mail dojit]$ passwd
Changing password for dojit
(current) UNIX password:
passwd: Authentication failure
[dojit@mail dojit]$


My system is :

Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i686

pls help me... the users on my system cant change their passwords and also i cant add any users..

the other error messages when i try passwd using the root account ....

hope that youll reply as soon as possible thanks in advance...

doj
 
Old 03-04-2001, 04:12 PM   #2
leif
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passwd authentication error

we are having the same issue with RH 6.1. If you find the solution, please advise and we will do the same.

It appears we somehow have a corrupted password file. Could typing in an "esc" at a password prompt have caused this?

Thanks. Leif

Quote:
Originally posted by dojit
hi can you help me regarding my problem .... i think that you know this problem to and im hoping that you have the answer
....:

Every time I try to change passwords, this error appears..

[root@mail /root]# passwd
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: Critical error - immediate abort
[root@mail /root]#

[dojit@mail dojit]$ passwd
Changing password for dojit
(current) UNIX password:
passwd: Authentication failure
[dojit@mail dojit]$


My system is :

Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i686

pls help me... the users on my system cant change their passwords and also i cant add any users..

the other error messages when i try passwd using the root account ....

hope that youll reply as soon as possible thanks in advance...

doj
 
Old 03-07-2001, 01:04 AM   #3
leif
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here is how we fixed our issue (same error messages as yours)..this is from our ISP...

> I did a
> chattr -i /etc/passwd
> chattr -a /etc/passwd
> and it didn't make a difference

> then I I did chattr -ia on /etc/shadow as well and it worked!
 
  


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