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Script started on 2017-12-01 06:51:43-0500 /etc/bash.bashrc ~root/.bashrc declare -x PATH="/root/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/root/bin:/root/.emacs.d/term-cmd:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/snap/bin:/root/Scripts" declare -x HOME="/root" bash # passwd bunky Current Kerberos password: New password: Retype new password: Current Kerberos password: Current password: passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged bash exit ################################# 1) I have never set up Kerberos. Why is passwd asking for "Current Kerberos password?
2) As root, I should not require to know 's "current password".
3) In fact, an unknown problem with the user's old password is the reason for the whole exercise.
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I tried several of the suggestions in Getting an "Authentication token manipulation" error when trying to change my user password until something worked.
I think the successful one was 'pam-auth-update'
