You probably encountered this error while trying to reset the password on a Ubuntu system.
1 2 3 4 5 6 | passwd nyuser Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged |
1 | mount -o rw,remount / |
Now try to change the users passwords again.
1 2 3 4 5 | passwd nyuser Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully |