Hello, I added a few users a couple of days back using useradd as below > useradd -g CS315 berge403 -c "Expires in Jan06" -e 2006-01-01 > useradd -g CS315 carso154 -c "Expires in Jan06" -e 2006-01-01 Now new and old users alike, can'c hange their passwords. they get the error message as below > passwd passwd: Authentication token manipulation error here are the relevant PAM files pam.conf looks like # # passwd service entry that does strength checking of # a proposed password before updating it. # passwd password requisite \ /usr/lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 passwd password required \ /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so use_authtok # other auth required /lib/security/pam_deny.so account required /lib/security/pam_deny.so password required /lib/security/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/pam_deny.so passwd auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth I also deleted some uses the same time as i added new ones. I deleted them with userdel. Anyone can please help me? Thanks SP -- ======================================= Sourabh Pandit Computational Atmospheric Dynamics Lab Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 600, S. Clyde Morris Blvd, Daytona Beach FL, 32114 (386) 226 4960 (O) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list