Hi List , This is my first post: I am running RHEL-3 on a AMD-64 Sun Fire V20Z box when i try to change the passwd for any user including root on the system ,the command returns as follows: [root@Agni root]# passwd Changing password for user root. passwd: Authentication token manipulation error I googled and tried pwck,grpck,pwconv,grpconv..these commands are fine(run without errors).etc...but the problem persists. when i ran strace on the passwd command ,i found this: --SNAP---(the same error is repeating again and again) nanosleep({0, 1000000}, NULL) = 0 open("/etc/.pwd.lock", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 0600) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) nanosleep({0, 1000000}, NULL) = 0 open("/etc/.pwd.lock", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 0600) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {2, 587510}) = 0 (Timeout) write(2, "passwd: Authentication token man"..., 48passwd: Authentication token manipulation error ) = 48 munmap(0x2a964bd000, 1060760) = 0 munmap(0x2a965c0000, 1150904) = 0 munmap(0x2a966d9000, 1139144) = 0 munmap(0x2a967f0000, 1078560) = 0 munmap(0x2a968f8000, 1099808) = 0 munmap(0x2a96a05000, 1061912) = 0 munmap(0x2a962b9000, 1059704) = 0 munmap(0x2a963bc000, 1052168) = 0 munmap(0x2a9556c000, 4096) = 0 exit_group(1) = ? ---END------ Any Help will be highly appreciated ------------------------SYSTEM INFO------------------- [root@Agni root]# uname -a Linux Agni.ad.infosys.com 2.4.21-4.EL #1 Fri Oct 3 17:39:19 EDT 2003 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@Agni root]# rpm -qa |grep passwd passwd-0.68-3 [root@Agni root]# rpm -qa |grep pam pam-devel-0.75-51 pam-0.75-51 pam_smb-1.1.7-1 pam-devel-0.75-51 pam_krb5-1.70-1 pam_krb5-1.70-1 pam-0.75-51 spamassassin-2.55-3.1 -- Thanks and Regards Digvijoy Chatterjee Please Visit http://indra/LiMS and start your Linux Journey **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS*** -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list