I can't change my password

[Derek Doucette]

I fixed the problem.  I found out that we were not using shadow passwords, ran pwconv, and magically it works ok. I don't why this occured adding a user and changing the password when they weren't shadowed. 

> 
> "Derek Doucette" <derek at derek.homeunix.org> writes:
> 
> > I just created a new account on a redhat 8 box.  When I try to change the passwd I get the following error:
> > #passwd derek
> > Changing password for user derek.
> > New password: 
> > Retype new password: 
> > passwd: User not known to the underlying authentication module
> 
> Can you show us the relevant lines from your /etc/passwd and
> /etc/shadow files (warning:  please munge the second field of the
> /etc/shadow entry before you send it to this list).  Can you show us
> your /etc/nsswitch.conf file?  Are you using NIS, NIS+, LDAP, or
> something else for authentication?  If so, please tell us about this.
> 
> Have you mucked around (read: changed) any password and/or PAM files
> recently?  If so, please detail your changes.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --kevin
> -- 
> ``It's not my goddamn PLANET, understand, MONKEY-BOY?''
>   -- John Bigboote
> 
> 
> 

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Derek Doucette
http://derek.homeunix.org